![]() ![]() Beckett’s plays are made of such paradoxes. Laughter is an intellectual triumph over material absurdity, and self-denial is self-affirmation. What seems meaningless and absurd is shown to be the only meaning possible in a universe where the human experience of consciousness (as subject) seems trapped by a nature and body (as object) without consciousness. Like the character “O” who runs from the camera’s eye (“E”) in Film, Beckett’s art finds its form in a flight from conventional expectations and traditional observations. ![]() His themes are not constant, but they are grimly developed through a steady mood of ironic laughter if not outright sarcasm. ![]() ![]() In his stage plays, he parodies traditional dramatic action and borrows the techniques used in other modes of entertainment. The dramatic works of Samuel Beckett (13 April 1906 – 22 December 1989) reflect the evolution of his interests in various means of artistic expression, as he composed plays for stage, radio, cinema, and television. ![]()
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