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Quotation(s) devices and parallels across
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scene, line) for each.
Early interactions Meg tries to be friendly with both of
between Meg and Stanly the men, but Petey is distant and
vs Meg and Petey almost cold towards her. In the
beginning Stanly almost appears as a
child the way they interact. But he is
back and forth in his emotions
towards her
Id rather have you than a He is complimenting her
cold in the nose any day
Look, why don't you get He is starting to take more power over
this place cleared up her- no longer letting her talk down to
him like a child as much
Get away from me - Stan Rejecting her advances
They appeared to have a possible
relationship but is is not actually
there... or is it??
Goldberg and Mccann Goldberg is like the mentor - maybe
jewish- his is in control and asked for
McCann for this job
Mccann- he is like the younger one and
nervous right now
They may be guns for hire...
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Contrasting emotions
Brushing over problems
Stanley goes back and forth
on his emotions towards
others - emotionally unstable
Emotional instability - in this Irony - trying to be
way Stanley is like a child an adult with the
even though he is trying not emotions of a child
to be treated like one.
Stanly does not really like to
connect emotionally to others
No backstory - creates Absurd theater
frustration in the audience
but also draws them in more
because they want to figure it
out (even though it is
pointless)
McCann- Could I go up to
my room?
Halfway round the beat
becomes erratic,
uncontrolled.
Whistling The McCann begins to Whistle this - this is
Mountains of Morne a famous Irish folksong which
Pg 38
Stanley talking about who
he is and how he drinks
here but once he goes
home he will be better
That woman is Mad!
It's a mistake! Do you
understand?... Ive very strange like he wants to say
explained to you, damn
you, that all those years I
lived in Basingstoke I
never stepped outside the
door.
During the whole first exchange with McCann is not the social one Characterization
Meg, Goldberg is nice and interactive of the pair - type of person
while McCann just wants to go to his you would expect - Goldberg
room and really not have anything to is more dynamic
do with them
This is kind of concerning- saying the Stanley is not stable - Childish Foreshadowing
drumbeat and his face appear savage and emotionally unstable -
and possessed. It is a kids drum and
Stanley is an adult.
near a breaking point
Stanley knows the men and Illusion
they have an unknown
suggests something about his background together
heritage/ background. However,
Stanley joins in on this suggesting a
former connection between the two or
an Irish background for Stanley
Stanley is not happy here and does not Stanley is not happy here
like the person he is here.
Multiple dimensions of
Stanley and who he thinks he
is/ who he wants to be
But he will not get there.
Stanley is warning McCann that Meg is Stan may be paranoid
mad- it almost sounds like a creepy
hostage situation but idk
This is very strange, Stanley is acting Absurdism- not
understanding
something but just isn't
Interrogation: This is exposing Stan from a different Exposing stanley and his Rhetorical
perspective, perhaps Stanley is really emotions/actions? questions -
Why do you behave so the problem here??? stichomythia
badly, Webber? Why do Absurdism
you force that old man This all escalates quickly and they ask
out to play chess? Why do a lot of questions we know Stanley
you treat that lady like a can't answer
leper?
Why did you leave the McCann is asking this so it is strange, Connected background - Revealing some
organization? but this implies that they knew and connection with McCann?? past information -
Why did you betray us?= worked with each other and Stanley Background
McCann betrayed them

Questions starting on 47 Interrogation scene is a very dynamic

ish scene that is very characteristic of
Absurd Theater - all questions - no
answers

Like RAGAD

What makes you think Wow, now we are getting deep, and Absurism Rhetorical
you exist? existential questions?

Meg talking to McCann She is like flirting with them both??

and Goldberg - page 58 or Mostly Goldberg then she goes into
59 to start how he may have known her when she
was a little girl??? And then it sounds
like she may have been an orphan and
it is weird they are like talking about
two seperate things and tickling
Stanley tries to strangle Stanley is very troubled, it seemed like Instability - often towards The staging with
Meg a climactic moment Meg McCann breaking
the glasses and the
drum really helped
build up the
moment and then
the Blackout added
to it
Stan giggling when they This is creepy, and he was just bent Stan is different- something is The staging and
shine the light on him over Lulu- and the converge on him wrong with him lighting really
make this seem
creepy even on
paper

Whats with the Pg 69 Scare tactic - hidden meaning

Wheelbarrow?? we will not get the answers to

Telling Lulu to confess The two men sometimes seem Religious suggestions
And we can save you religious in a way like they are out to
save people

Interesting considering what they

appear to be doing to Stan and they
may be different religions
All they things they The tone changes and they now Relationship between Stan
promise Stan pg 83 appear to be wanting to help Stan - and McCann and Goldberg is
almost deliver him in a religious sense dynamic and unknown
but before they were like being mean
to Stan

Leave him alone- Petey He now cares about Stan... why the Changes of heart and
change in hart relationships

Plus now the two men are saying they

are going to take care of stan....

Then it goes back to This play ends where it starts and that Absurd and circular
normal at the end is a very interesting part of it. It is
almost like it all didn't matter No answers

We don't know what will happen to Uncertain future

any of the characters