EXISTENTIALISM IN “ DUBLINERS” AND “ WAITING FOR GODOT”

Dubliners is a collection of fifteen stories about Dublin and its main theme is the failure to find a way out of “ paralysis” which is the typical condition of modern man in the modern metropolis. “ Escape” is the other theme linked to that of paralysis. It originates from an impulse caused by a sense of enclosure experienced by many characters, but none of them is destined to succeed. They live as exiled at home, unable to cut the bonds that tie them to their own world. The central theme of waiting for Godot is WAITING for an event … Continua a leggere EXISTENTIALISM IN “ DUBLINERS” AND “ WAITING FOR GODOT”