Lucky's speech isn't really intelligent. He speaks for about three pages on absolute nonsense. The reason for this is related to the fact that he used to be a teacher. You can tell by his use of vocab. and thought fragments that at one point he might have known all about the things that he is talking about. However, for one reason or another, he has lost this knowledge and is now simply pretending to know what he is talking about.
The fact that Lucky is portrayed as a slave is a means by which, I think, Beckett was attempting to bring forth the theme of absurdity and ridicule the fact that intelligence is a thing human beings strive for, yet attempting to make sense of this nonsensical world can potentially drive us crazy. In regards, to the absurdity I mentioned earlier-- Lucky was previously Pozzo’s teacher and mentor, however, now he has fallen slave to Pozzo- the situation itself is absurd and quite scary. This theme of absurdity is further accentuated by the irony in Lucky’s name—Lucky is not so lucky.
Lucky's speech isn't really intelligent. He speaks for about three pages on absolute nonsense. The reason for this is related to the fact that he used to be a teacher. You can tell by his use of vocab. and thought fragments that at one point he might have known all about the things that he is talking about. However, for one reason or another, he has lost this knowledge and is now simply pretending to know what he is talking about.
ReplyDeleteThe fact that Lucky is portrayed as a slave is a means by which, I think, Beckett was attempting to bring forth the theme of absurdity and ridicule the fact that intelligence is a thing human beings strive for, yet attempting to make sense of this nonsensical world can potentially drive us crazy. In regards, to the absurdity I mentioned earlier-- Lucky was previously Pozzo’s teacher and mentor, however, now he has fallen slave to Pozzo- the situation itself is absurd and quite scary. This theme of absurdity is further accentuated by the irony in Lucky’s name—Lucky is not so lucky.
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