I think that most of all and most obviously, Gina and Gregers are most at fault for everything that happened in the final act. Gina should not have let this lie go on for so long and should have been honest from the start. If she had told Hjalmar the truth about Hedvig from the beginning, this may have never happened. Gregers is also at fault because he had no business to get into this lie. He gave Hedvig the idea to kill the wild duck. He still thought that he was right even after she died, but that it hadn't ended the way it was supposed to.
Hjalmar is partially to blame because he did not treat Hedvig with respect and love when she most needed it. He did not understand that although he did not create her, he was still her dad and he didn't act like a dad. He pushed her away when she most wanted to give him love. He took the responsibility for her death and blamed himself 100%. He said after they found her dead that he wanted to tell her how inexpressibly he loved her (215) but she died before he could tell her what she needed to hear from the start.
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