HE HALTS AT WATER'S EDGE: LIFE, MOTION, AND IMMOBILITY IN SAMUEL BECKETT'S EMBERS

被引：0

作者：

Goodspeed, Andrew ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] South East European Univ, Tetovo, Macedonia

来源：

FOLIA LINGUISTICA ET LITTERARIA | 2018年 / 24期

关键词：

Samuel Beckett; Embers; motion; immobility; suicide;

D O I：

10.31902/fll.24.2018.2

中图分类号：

C [社会科学总论];

学科分类号：

03 ; 0303 ;

摘要：

This paper considers the relation between motion and vitality in Samuel Beckett's radio play Embers. The play, in which a largely motionless man contemplates his life, and engages in dialogues with a woman who may or may not be entirely in his head, has consistently been regarded as being primarily enacted within the head of Henry, the central figure. Yet this paper deduces that Henry's late approach to the sea indicates a significant element of potential suicide in the sea, which is precedented by Henry's father's apparent suicide in the same sea beside which Henry sits.

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