Gods, Goddesses, and Monsters
An Encyclopedia of World Mythology
(Paperback)
| Author(s): |
Keenan, Sheila |
| Lexile® Measure: |
IG980L |
| Page Length: |
123 pgs |
| Copyright: |
2000 |
| Weight: |
1.45 lbs. |
| Item Code: |
201846 |
| ISBN: |
9780439042895 |
| ISBN-10: |
0439042895 |
Samuel Beckett's puzzling play in which "nothing happens-twice" has been hailed as the quintessential play of the twentieth century. In the inactivity of the characters as they wait for something that never arrives, we are invited to examine those things in our own lives that we expect to happen to us and for us without our taking the action to bring them about. The characters' suicide attempts indeed remind us that, in our cultural paralysis, there is truly "nothing to be done."