Lucky Strike

INTRODUCTION Pinter’s first phase of writing is categorized into the Theatre of the Absurd which reflects the individuals’ concerns in the mundane world. The Absurd dramatists attempt to show the vivid reflection of the modern man and his bewilderment in their dramatic oeuvres by applying some specific elements. One of the fundamental themes of such drama is isolation. Absurdists mostly put their accusing finger on this weakness of man to prove his fragility of being alone. However, Absurd…

throughout the play. Many critics assume that ‘Godot’ can actually mean ‘God’ however, Beckett strongly denies of this assumption of ‘Godot’ referring ‘God’. The uncertainty of the plot can also be seen where Vladimir pretends not to recognize Pozzo and Lucky in the first act. However, in the second act the event takes place in the other way around where Pozzo refuses to meet Vladimir and Estragon…

on to until marriage. We want them to share that one special thing with a significant other, but when someone of no morals steals that without consent, it affects the one raped and those loved ones around them. The main character Alice in the book Lucky by Alice Sebold was raped and that made a drastic turn in her life and affects those surrounding around her. One of the first people affected by Alice’s rape were her friends. Obviously, in the book they confided with each other. When Alice…

outbreak of World War II but Samuel Beckett was an active member of the French Resistance. As an Irishman helping the French, Beckett fearfully watched WWII much like his characters Vladimir and Estragon fearfully watched the episodes of Pozzo and Lucky. In contrast, Stoppard was a child still discovering the world during WWII. When compared to Waiting for Godot, Tom Stoppard’s characters Rosencrantz and Guildenstern experience the story of Hamlet with a reflection of childlike…

What is the purpose of us being on this very Earth? The answer may seem out of our reach. We don’t know who to ask, and we certainly don’t know where to start looking. Since birth we’ve had our whole theory of existence told to us through questions without answers. As time progresses we find ourselves more frustrated when our own meanings continue changing the more we attempt to sort it ourselves. Perhaps we’re looking for meaning that isn’t there or we aren’t worthy of that one true…

express a kind of egalitarianism whereas the Lucky-Pozzo couple is a study in the master-slave relation. But in a different way, the love-hate relation is operative in both. Didi and Gogo cannot help encountering each other in what looks like a scarcely populated earth. They want to drift apart but a strange love and care bind them. On the other hand, Pozzo is mortified by Lucky 's passivity sometimes. There is a dependency at work here too. When Lucky speaks his thought aloud, his master just…

In Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot two vagabonds wait for man who is only identifiable by his name. The pair attempts various actions to help pass the time but ultimately they are trapped in a wait without end and are forced to inhabit a circular structure of de-narrativised time. Time presents a list of problems in Beckett’s play causing panic, confusion and memory loss. This essay aims to discuss the various aspects of the play relating to the themes of time and waiting. This essay will…

characters in Waiting For Godot(1953) are divided mainly into seen characters like: Estragon, Vladimir, Pozzo, Lucky and the little boy; and unseen characters as: the little boy 's brother and Mr. Godot. Estragon and Vladimir, the two dear friends, are viewed as the contrary of each other. As Vladimir is the wise, cultured and smart, whereas Estragon is the total opposite of him. Pozzo and Lucky are also the opposite to each other, since one is the extreme ruler and the other is the…

They say opposites attract, Yin and Yang, light and dark, day and night. But sometimes opposite contradict. With thousands of books out there being published everyday there are those that might be different but have significant similarities or even those that have similarities and significant difference, however there are also books out there that have no similarities and yet contradict. In Henry David Thoreau’s biography about his walden experiment we learned about the importance of simplicity,…

One’s desire to be recognised and moreover acknowledge the truth within relationships, circumstances and furthermore life, is of central concern in both William Shakespeare’s “King Lear” and Samuel Beckett’s “Waiting For Godot”. The drive and motivation one illustrates whilst craving recognition or validation from those surrounding them is a recurring theme in both plays, as is, the recognition of one another’s identity and the “self” in them. It is the eventual recognition of power and it’s…