Blood Wedding Journal #1

"Not rounding off, but opening out." The ending to both Blood Wedding and Wild Duck the ending is used to show the consequences of secrets. Whether it is a forgotten love that was so forgotten or an old affair that produced a child, secrets are shown as a serpent that waits to be forgotten, then strikes. In this way both writers open up to the audience, the dangers of these secrets and motivates them to not let them penetrate their lives. It is the primary function of a tragedy to comment on a flaw in human behavior or culture. Both authors choose secrets as the the poison their characters must swallow.