Inez forever. When he becomes completely overwhelmed‚ he tries to open the door and finds that after much pushing it opens: “Inez: ‘Well‚ Garcin? You’re free to go.’ Garcin [meditatively]: ‘Now I wonder why that door opened.’ Inez: ‘What are you waiting for? Hurry up and go.’ Garcin: ‘I shall not go.’ Inez: ‘And you‚ Estelle?’ [Estelle does not move]” (Sartre 42). One would expect that Garcin would leave‚ and would be overjoyed at finding out that there really is an escape‚ where before he believed
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‘Everything in the play is ambiguous’ (Innes) Discuss this assessment of ‘The Caretaker’ When I saw the Caretaker‚ I told Pinter I knew what it meant‚ “It’s about the God of the Old Testament‚ the God of the New‚ and Humanity‚ isn’t it?”. Pinter replied‚ “No Terry‚ it’s about a caretaker and two brothers”. With this quote Terence Rattigan succinctly highlights the absolute ambiguity of Harold Pinter’s ‘The Caretaker’; in this story of two brothers and an elderly derelict in close quarters
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of the Western World as a dark comedy. 20 OR Analyse the Jimmy - Alison relationship in Look Back in anges. 6. Discuss Doolilttle’s criticism of middle class morality in Pygmalion. 20 OR Critically examine the structures of Waiting for Godot. 7. Write short notes on any two of the following in not more than 200 words each : 2x10=20 (a) Romantic Comedy (b) Shawn Keogh (c) Osric (d) Lucky MEG-2 2
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“Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead”- Tom Stoppard In the play “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead”‚ the writer Tom Stoppard reveals to the reader the importance of “play” in his play and how it helps develop the plot and the characters of his literary work. Stoppard uses witty language‚ and satirical humour to help highlight the importance of numerous types play to the reader. Stoppard uses play as a main theme throughout his play as commentary on how play has many different interpretations
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British Literature 1. the Middle Ages the oldest literature monument of the Anglo – Saxon period is the old Germanic legend called BEOWULF. This heroic poem is about the strong and courageous pagan hero Beowulf John Wycliffe – is a professor of Oxford University. With his students he translated the whole Bible into English - he influenced Master Jan Hus and our Hussite movement very much 2. the renaissance and humanism Geoffrey Chaucer – Canterbury Tales – brilliant portrait of 30 pilgrims
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The nature of the human condition and a questioning of humanity and human beliefs and values on a political‚ social and personal level have been explored by a number of texts throughout history. Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot‚ John Le Carre’s The Spy Who Came in from the Cold‚ Louise Lawrence’s Children of the Dust and Wolfgang Becker’s Good Bye‚ Lenin! are permeated by a climate of Cold War anxiety‚ resulting in a heightened level of questioning being reflected in these compositions. Influenced
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men in the various genres of 20th century. As the thorough examination of a few literary pieces of 20th century such as William Golding’s Lord of the Flies‚ Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman‚ T. S Eliot’s The Waste Land‚ and Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot reveals alienation‚ faithlessness‚ desolation‚ frustration‚ uncertainty‚ lack of intelligence‚ lack of consciousness‚ sense of interdependence‚ class distinction between rich and poor etc of modern men. The books undoubtedly reveals that all
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Charles Martins Taken Up is a poem that could illustrate two possible scenarios. This poem can be interpreted as viewing a group of people waiting on‚ meeting‚ and leaving with extraterrestrial beings. It could also be a personified colony of aspen trees that are awaiting the sun on a spring day. It is written in free verse that does not have a specific amount of syllables per line. The poem consists of seven terza rima rhyming verse stanzas‚ which displays the authors control over the free verse
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Criticism. Oxford: The Holy Well Press‚ Ltd.‚ April‚ 1966. Beckett‚ Samuel. That Time. London: Faber and Faber‚ 1976. . Krapp’s Last Tape and Embers. London: Faber and Faber‚ 1979. . Three Occasional Pieces. London: Faber and Faber‚ 1982. . Waiting for Godot. London: Faber and Faber‚ 1982. . Endgame. London: Faber and Faber‚ 1985. Boulton‚ James T Bradbury‚ Malcolm and Christopher Bigsby ed. Harold Pinter. London: Methuen Co. Ltd.‚ 1983. Brater‚ Enoch. Why Beckett. London: Thames and Hudson
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lighting designer Mary Louise Geiger. Sissons created a beautifully naked set‚ backed by a grove of trees that was brought to life by Geiger’s gentle moonbeams‚ water reflections‚ and campfire light. Not nearly as empty as Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot; however‚ both sets allow the imagination to improvise and individually
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