Essays about: "Beckett"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the word Beckett.
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1. Waiting for Godot : A Play in Which the Main Characters' Lives Are Presented As Meaningless
University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för kultur och samhälleAbstract : The objective of this argumentative paper is to study the play Waiting for Godot from a specific point of view. The statement of this thesis is that the lives of Vladimir and Estragon are presented as meaningless, and this claim is based on the analysis of the play and the study of other published scholarship that is associated with the topic. READ MORE
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2. An Existential reading of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot
University essay from Södertörns högskola/EngelskaAbstract : The play Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett has for a long time been considered one of his best works. Grasping the significance of key factors such as modernity, modernism and historical background is of great importance to situate and contextualise the play. READ MORE
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3. “Unmoreable unlessable unworseable evermost almost void”: Word-(re)formation in Samuel Beckett’s Worstward Ho
University essay from Lunds universitet/EngelskaAbstract : .... READ MORE
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4. A Kind of Prayer: Representations of Faith and Religion in Samuel Beckett's Waiting For Godot
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5. "Well? Shall we go?" "Yes, let's go." [They do not move.] : -Vernacular Comedy and Waiting for Godot.
University essay from Institutionen för språk (SPR)Abstract : This essay discusses the relationship between the characters Vladimir and Estragon in Samuel Beckett’s play Waiting for Godot and the vernacular clowning tradition. The discussion is supported by analyzing similarities between Waiting for Godot and Mikhail Bakhtin’s concept of grotesque realism as it is presented in his work Rabelais and His World, as well as elements of the Italian Commedia dell’Arte and 20th century silent movie comedy. READ MORE
