Self-awareness: The problem of the self in the work of Samuel Beckett
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SummaryWe find ourselves in some deeply existential quandary: a problem beyond inquiry or conclusion; a problem that extends into the void of time and space; that avoids the very title of "problem". We are confined to a box, in Endgame, we are on a dead tree stump off an abandoned road, in Godot, and we are on a bare stage with remnants of a former life or two, in Krapp's Last Tape. The resounding question is perhaps: where are we; and the resounding answer: we don't know. The resounding question is perhaps: who are we? The resounding answer is perhaps: "Je ne sais pas, monsieur (Esslin, 36)." And Mr. Beckett presents.... the universe. And Mr. Beckett presents...the human condition. And Mr. Beckett presents...existence. And Mr. Beckett presents...
Table of Contents
- Introduction.
- Questions in relation to the self-awareness of the characters.
- Martin Esslin, in a chapter from The Theatre of the Absurd on Samuel Beckett.
- The problem of having a sense of identity when we are not the same at any moment.
- The difference between interpretation of self-awareness and the interpretation of self-awareness presented in Godot.
- What makes Beckett's play an essentially irresolvable situation.
- Conclusion.
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