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The Absurdity of Samuel Beckett



Samuel Beckett
(1906 - 1989)

...my way is in the sand flowing
between the shingle and the dune
the summer rain rains on my life
on me my life harrying fleeing
to its beginning to its end
my peace is there in the receding mist
when I may cease from treading these long shifting thresholds
and live the space of a door
that opens and shuts...


Ch. 1 - Introduction

Ch. 2 - A Brief Outline of the Life of Samuel Beckett
       His work:waiting for Godot...

Ch. 3 - The Theory of Absurdity

   Samuel Beckett’s monologue

Ch. 4 - Beckett's Absurd Characters
Ch. 5 - Beckett's Absurd Characters in Time
Ch. 6 - The Theatre of the Absurd as the World of the Absurd Character
Ch. 7 - Conclusion
Notes & Bibliography
http://compare.upol.cz/irish/Swork/Beckett/BECKETT.HTM
By Eva Navratilova

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