Samuel Beckett

at the same time. Clov is a knight; trapped in a patterned way of movement and actions. Nell and Nagg represent captured chess pieces because they cannot move. The game of chess imitates a lot of repetitious movements. This is significant because Beckett wrote a lot of repeating lines and scenes. For example, Clov’s line, “I’ll leave you, I have things to do” is repeated 3 times within 4 pages. I only counted the work “endgame” once and it was in Hamm’s ending monologue. He…

Jacques Copeau was born in a well off middle class family in Paris, France. He had always had a love for poetry, theatre, and literature and became acquaintances with some of the theater people and playwrights of his time. He became known as an advocate for theater reform after he was impatient with commercial theater, and was a director, producer, actor, and dramatist. Copeau’s first stage play was Brouillard du Matin at the Nouveau Theater in France. Copeau’s Career Timeline In 1909, he became…

On Friday, October 2nd I attended a Stage III production of The God of Carnage at the Beaudoin Theater in Siena Campus’ Foy Hall. Stage III productions vary each year, so plays performed over the years are not repetitive. In other words, Stage III could present any genre of play. Specific to the contemporary play presented by Stage III, God of Carnage was directed by Shayne David, a Creative Arts major at Siena College. The individual who wrote the God of Carnage is Yasmina Reza. Yasmina Reza…

Furthermore, both plays kind of fits into the concept of comedy. It’s the classic scenario of a comedy where the villain is carried off to jail, the lovers get married and justice is served. However, there is no renewal in society because the blocking force itself is not renewed. In “Tartuffe”, Orgon is the blocking force who separates Mariane and Valère from being together. He says “Yes, Tartuffe shall be/Allied by marriage to this family/And he’s to be your husband is that clear? /It’s a…

Self-imprisonment often takes the form of isolation, and therefore requires some form of action to escape from. The Story of Lucy Gault by William Trevor and Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett express the effects of isolating oneself through their respective main characters. William Trevor delves into the traumatized aftermath of a young girl who ran away, which caused her parents to believe she was dead. They subsequently abandoned their home and, thus, their only child who refuses to leave…

The tv show series Castle is an exaggeration and dramatization of an individual's underlying motivations in the workforce. In the first episode of Castle Flowers For Your Grave1, the protagonist Rick Castle is connected to a murder after a killer mimics techniques from his novel. At first glance one may assume that the episode only tackles partisan politics in the workplace, as the main character was only able to become a consultant on the case because he was good friends with mayor Robert…

In a famous interview with the journalist and public commentator Bill Moyers, Sister Wendy Beckett, nun consecrated virgin in art expert, came to the defense of the work Christ in urine. When Bill Moyers asked her if she had not felt offended when looking at the photograph and if she felt that the work denigrates the central figure of their faith (Catholic), Sister Wendy…

Storm brought his empty plate into the kitchen. He stood by the sink and watched Penny out in the patio. She stood back listening to the conversation between her mother and father, Arnold, and the two plump astronomers from ANU. She nodded her head politely and no doubt about it, gave polite chuckles at just the right time while they chatted on and on with each other. He caught her eye as he walked past the open doors into the living room, and gave her a wave as she gazed over her shoulder at…

Storm brought his empty plate into the kitchen. He stood by the sink and watched Penny out in the patio. She was nodding her head as the plump astronomers from ANU were describing in great detail some event to Franchette. He could tell she was bored from the smiley mask she wore. She would politely chuckle at just the right time while they chatted on and on, endlessly, about friends, colleagues, and neighbours in Sydney and Canberra. He caught her eye as he walked past the open doors into the…

Copyright in the Music Industry Copyright is the right that persists in a number of works. Copyright is created as soon as the piece of work is put into a material form. An idea cannot be copyrighted, only the expression of one can. In the UK, copyright is protected under the UK CDPA 1988 (Copyright, Designs and Patents Acts). This act protects the copyright of literary works, musical works, artistic works, dramatic works, films, sound recordings, broadcasts and typographical arrangements.…