The Wild Duck/ Comparison

"A writer usually attempts to create a bond of trust between writer and reader. How and to what extent have at least two writers you have studied been able to elicit your trust?"

In both Oedipus and The Wild Duck, Sophocles and Ibsen use dramatic irony to create a bond of trust between the writer and the reader. This creates trust because the audience is given the opportunity to know things that the characters are not.
In Oedipus, everyone in the audience knew his fate. As they watched the play, Sophocles put in hints in the text that would only be obvious to the audience that knows the end of the story. For example, near line 1075, Jocasta says "What should a man fear? It's all chance,/chance rules our lives. Not a man on earth/can see a da ahead..." as she tries to comfort Oedipus when he thinks of his mother. We are able to trust Sophocles here because instead of leaving the audience out of the loop, he leaves the characters out.
The Wild Duck also includes dramatic irony. The audience members hear of Werele's love interest with Gina on page 132. Later on page 153, Hjalmar, Gina's husband is happy that Werele is renting a room in his house. This is dramatic irony because Gina tries to get out of this situation where Hjalmar pushes it as he tries to make money. This leaves us trusting Ibsen because, like in Oedipus, he allows us to know what is going on first before his own characters.