Waiting for Godot

Well since almost everything else has a post, I guess its Waiting for Godot's turn... As I was reading this play a number of questions popped into my mind. When it switches from Act I to Act II the stage directions are "Next day," however the events that occur in Act II seem to be from a time distant in the future (Pozzo is blind now, and Vladimir seems to know exactly what the boy is going to say). Is it possible that these changes could have happened in one day or are the directions just somehow indicating a day in the future? Also, what exactly is the point of Lucky's speech when they put the thinking cap on him and why do they let him go on for so long before finally taking away the thinking cap.

Good luck figuring this one out in time for the midterm....

Questions / Comments / Maybe answers? please post..

steve g

Midterm Review

Hey guys...

I decided to create this post as a place to ask questions/comments about literature we have read throughout this semester, so that we dont have to search through all the old posts to find them... good luck with studying, and I hope this is helpful!
~Ryan

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern

(my interpretation so far)

I think the wit in the exchanges of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern (in puns, philosophy, confusion, finishing each other's sentences, etc.) is brilliant. It's like the author/playwright exactly recorded every single word going through his head (or anyone's, for that matter) and put it in the mouths of these two characters. Every time they go back and forth, it seems like any one person could think exactly what they're saying. It might not seem ingenious on the author's part to be able to write down what he's thinking, but I think if you try to do this, the ideas will tend to jump from one to the other. The author here makes everything really flow naturally--even if it may seem random.

Eg.: when they keep their "rhetoric" scores (of their questions and answers) against each other or another character, I think they capture the conscious and the unconscious...in a way. Subconsciously, we tend to keep track of how we're doing in a test (i.e. evaluation, interview, competition, etc.), even if we may consciously say we did the opposite.
Also, when they get off track and forget they're trying to figure out the wind direction (beginning of Act 2), it's in a way that any normal person could go from thinking about the wind to being confused about where the sun came up.

Seeing this, I think "Ros & Guil Are Dead" is more a philosophical study than it is a story.

Molly

truth with a capital T?

"...for there is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so." -Hamlet Act 2. sc. 2

To continue class discussion...

-Charlotte

Grendel

An Unstoppable Monster Held A Kingdom Hostage. A Hero Set it Free.


Tonight (SATURDAY 13) @ 9 pm is Sci Fi's (channel 30) rendition of Grendel. I'm going to tape it, so if anyone is interested in seeing it and misses this post can borrow the tape.
-Carolyn

http://www.scifi.com/grendel/

Hamlet- Early Discussions

Happy New Year! Hamlet is due tomorrow, wich means across Moorestown tens of Laz students are forcing themselves to sit down and read some classic Billy Shakes (holla Mrs. Holtry-Hughes!). This post is to get the conversation started: plot questions, quote discussions, and maybe a historical note or two.
-jacob

ps- uhh, poison in the ear? Is this even possible?