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,awriterwithhis
Thissaid,he canstillusefullybe
sors.Becauseofwhathehas
ok.Becauseoftheir work,he
shefirstappears.Although
hisIrish nationalityasYeatsand
entionwithfondnessunexpected
firstpublication,thepoem
rothersnamedBootfrom
tocomplimentthemforhaving
Molloysuddenlyremarks,"Da,in
r,"and thenameMolloyreminds
nessforthecommonestIrish
ithMMurphy,Molloy,Moran.
sil(whichmeansclockwise)suddenly
sousedconspicuouslyasthefirst
odeinUlysses.Beckett'stransla-
endtogivetheman Irishinflec-
hewere anEnglishman,he
clinationstoacknowledgehis
byhisdecisionin earlyyouthto
eoftwenty-twoBeckettwentfrom
before,atthe ageoftwenty,Joyce
M
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ivotalwerethedisplacementsof
oLondon,andofWilde,at
hegeographicalchangesymbol-
pttoproceedfromthe knownto
vesinunfamiliarair.
928,he mightwellhave
stsofliteraturehad alreadybeen
countrymen.Disapproveashe
forBecketthatesposturinghe
teverseandproseincongruous
estohisdecrepitude.Joyce,
hadreconstructedprosenarra-
modificationsofEnglish,was
alanguageneverbeforeutteredby
ationalities,wereofcourse
was intense.Beckettwasnot
theacademiccareerwhichhehad
ewroteaboutProust andJoyce,
worked,or disdainedtowork,ata
ertwo yearsaslecteurattheEcole
Trinity College,Dublin.
a genius,yetnooneknewas
eployed.Histeachingpostat
ediscovered,andwouldlater
herswhathe didnothimself
ofusendure withoutbridling.
aveled,he idled,heabsorbed
wedhimselfamorousentangle-
hingelseforit andhewas,ashe
h,"hebeganto write.Whetherhe
orcisedemonshecouldperhaps
d.First hewasapoetwho wrote
wrote plays.Compositionsofall
tionalterms ofgenresprang
onsofauthorsto theirsubjects,to
e,totheirreaders,and evento
.Eachforayintoa morestarkand
another;hewasimpatientwithhis
M
m
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ameincreasinglyoutlandishashe
expressionofhisexperience.Not
rsuing,fortheideaofpursuer and
erature.Ratherhehappened
ownbeing.Theurgeto write
anonsomeTrollopianschedule.
smolargeniusarefamiliar.
phy,in 1938.Thatitwasanearly
yits havingaplot,thoughthe
hardtofollowinits laterstages.
waysextrapolatedBeckett's
nitude,orisitemptiness?Perhaps
wastorest,or toberestless,amid
atpovertyandpossessionsarethe
lymeaninglessarrestsintime,
phy,evenmorethanBelacquain
PricksthanKicks,issomeoneto
yoflife,or ofnon-life.Actionis
likenon-being.Atthenovel'sstart
rvesinarockingchairand
udelairesays)"anywhereoutof
roverturn.Physicaldislodge-
rmix,asif theworldmight
samemoment.
kofhis lifenotasa well-
darkcolor.Authors,hehassaid,
Whoroscope"aboutDescartes
andopaque.Hewasdissatisfied
on,diligencewithwhichwe
tility.Heagreedwith Dr.John-
te aplay,thatthepredominant
r,thereforeImaybe,"washis
ifmiserymarkedbutdidnot
ingwereoutof thequestion.He
forothers.HischaracterBelac-
ownintotheboilingpot, but
hyextendsbeyondcrustaceans.
ecanstill mournthekillingof
M
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ithadhappenedyesterday.That
s originallycalledLevysuggests
hat playthoughindeedthe
em.His dedicationoftherecent
CzechdramatistVaclavHavel
asmaintainingitselfin post-
oteinEnglishduringthewar,
saneasylums,asif onlytheredid
heirenvironment.Beckettwas
called"themess."Themesscould
yafterthe warinEuropehad
ouldlaterwithsomeembarrass-
dentifyas"a revelation."It
motherin Irelandinthesummer
ce,"acrosstheroadfrom"Cool-
he suddenlysawwhathisfuture
elations,thisoneofferedno new
somethinglikea presenthell.We
artbecauseBecketthimself
his playmanipulatesthedouble
nghisachievements,andKrapp
retensionsandeagerto listen
love.Krapp turnstobox3,spool
longbeforetohavehadsuch a
ttdid:
omand indigenceuntilthat
end ofthejetty,inthe howling
suddenlyIsaw thewholething.
whatI havechieflytorecordthis
yworkwillbe doneandperhapsno
cold,for themiracle...[hesitates]
hatI suddenlysawthenwasthat,
nall mylife,namely...
M
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tchesaheadonthetape,butnotfar
"that thedarkIhavealways
litymymost..."beforeheswitches
n tosay,"thatthedarkI have
in realitymymost"effectiveally
hatKrappreallywantstolisten to
ngerinterestshim,buthisexpe-
oat.Hegetsto thisandlistenstoi t
sslywindsonpastit:
poolfive.Perhapsmybestyearsare
happiness.ButI wouldn'twant
menow.No,Iwouldn'twantthem
ng,spool-playingKrapp
havethemback.Thefire of
slong sincegoneout.Beckett
eratingirony,amomentwhenhe
ce.
iveinart waspovertyor
wouldbedeprivednotonlyof
ortitude.I donotthinkthatthe
ractedhimfortheir ownsakeso
couldapproachtheunderside
dposture.Hisbookswouldalso
esofliterature.SinceBalzac,
onamassingparticulars.Beckett
espeaksofdoing so,butthe
ckingstones,areofsuch paltri-
Yetbeds,chairs,pets,bikes,farts,
ated.Thefurnituremaynot be
lyinonewaydidhe allowhimself
ndthatwasinlanguage.Heuses
edupandthenturnout tobe
tallowclichesorstockphrasesto
maydescribefaltering,but they
ction;asifto counterthedying
M
m
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eundergoesa tremendousrevivi-
unheroics.Hisdislikeof pre-
mshyawayfromswellingchords
ersandshapers,nodeedsor
itus,debris,thepratfalltrium-
closetothenucleusofbeing,
rue,whereasforGenetthe
haplin,themostpainfulis the
ksBelacquaaskshimself,"Wasitto
thesamethinginthe end."Oras
esquehorror aboutits[life's]
toculminateinfarce."Thetwo
onwas,hisIrishpredeces-
omparablemomentsofvisionary
chishardto discoverandscarcely
than withBeckett;itcamewhen
rmasportentousasrevelation.
unostentatiousexposureand
momentmeant.Theartistdid not
lyapprehendeditsshape.While
amsorlyricalintimations,the
vulgarpawnticketsor
hanyexaltedthecommonplace,
monologue,inwhichtheessence
inglywithoutpriorordering,the
epiphanyJoycediscoveredthe
henot worthmentioning.
tendtheunmentionabletothe
ppearstohavebeensucha
dewasfirstatOxford,heberated
estowardstheheightsof aspira-
.Theissuewascrystallizedforhim
M
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icandhiswishto beapagan.He
cha contrarietyofimpulse.But
awthathemightchooseboth
bylivingakind ofdoublelife
hisownindividuality.He
aireprayedfor,tocontemplate
iscontemporariesmighthave
ndconformity,butinhavingit
secretimpulseandfurtive
tosee thatthisundisclosed
desexualdeviation,anddeviation
ceofhimselfforwhathe was.It
ryproclivity,containeditsown
swasto assurehimselfofanew
othersthebestmediumwas
saninsistentreminderofwhatlay
nal.LikeBeckett,Wildeforcesus
lconversewhilekeepingits
asthirty-two,his viewson
sticinsighthad coalescedintoa
ergedhisbestwriting.Onlywhen
life,and adoubleview,didhe
ordiscoveredthattheywerenot
indermerecouldactincomplete
AlgernonandJackcould
elves,andDorianGraycouldfind
idnotinventa newlanguage,as
odo,butheevolvedan English
tautnessandsurprise.
alizationofhis natureand
uthis friendGeorgeRussell
n,Yeatshadbeengreatlyexcitedby
mountain,startledathisown
hisownlifetimeexplorationof
sk.Byextensionitincludedallthe
emons,and imagesuponthings
hewasoneforwhomthe visible
lftobeonefor whomtheinvisible
M
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sof thatinvisibleworldwashe
ss.Itwasnot likeWilde'sdouble
enottwosexualdirectionsbuttwo
compasshisgraduallyincreasing
ewvocabularyandsyntax,and
es.
undwasanoldone, French.
daftertheDunLaoghairerevela-
ore,werei nFrench,ashebegan
nentailedquitedifferentmodes
wshapesofliteraturethathewas
stwithoutprecedent.Itfreedhim
decisiononlyl essradicalthan
ntFinnegansWake-csc.Impover-
swearallthoseassociations
his ownlanguagehappilymakes
renchfreedhimfromthe neces-
volvedanewstylein hisadopted
Molloy,MaloneDies,andThe
nistswitheringawayalongwith
namesbecomeconfusedand
aveeverlivedisalso dubious.
atDavid Humereachedbut
wakingwasakindof sleeping,"
avelivedinakind ofcoma,"is
n,"saystheUnnamable,"asif I
whereasIamthe onlyoneabsent
ntrateonpeoplingthe void,
ngitagain."Ican'tgo on,I'llgo
mehaveseenthisas arayofhope
pudiatesuchasuggestion,for-
stworkwiththe terminalwords,
M
m
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G o o g l e - d
i g i t i z e d / h t t p : / / w w w . h a t h i t r u s t . o
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obbleabout,asfarfromthe
ycanget.Theyareusuallyold,and
avenotbeenfavoriteliterary
erannuatedinhisStruldbrugs,
ett'sStruldbrugsdolittleelse.
SeenIIISaid,hopesthat atthe
ast"knowhappiness."Perhapsno
ttabouthowitfeelsto besoill.He
andmaimedandinarticulate,men
her,pastposeor pretense,past
eseemstosaythatonlythere and
dGod'spaucity,nothisplenty,
onbe approached.Theselean
ed,paralyzed,defeated,arepast
proffers.Neithersubjectivenor
emselvesinthefaceofdecrepi-
theUnnamableand"It,say it,
dHothefiguresofanold manand
therwoulddoas ill,"thetext
emberofthismostrecenttriad of
nsareimaginedintoaprecarious
adeandleavetheirimagineras he
inationfindsimagestoconceiveof
ofnovelsthroughtowhat
eckettians)incompletion,inthe
woplays.Thefirsthasneverbeen
odidea ofitfromRubyCohn's
eriaGreekforliberty.Beckett's
ironical,asfar aspossiblefrom
matMissolonghi.Itis centered
haracterizedasananti-artist,and
herodoesnotaspirethrough
eaconscienceforhisr ace.The
beridofthe worldandhisown
verachieve.Thefaintsoundof
e ashesaystheclosestto
havehadinmind towritea
M
m
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G o o g l e - d
i g i t i z e d / h t t p : / / w w w . h a t h i t r u s t . o
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ngbuta losingofshape,diseduca-
ey'sDemogorgontellsusthat
ckettputtheplay aside,perhaps
statementtoJoyce's^Portraitof
towrite,againin French,Waiting
ldbenosuspicionof Joyce's
WhereEleutheriadealtwiththe
eople,Godotdealswiththeir
rosefiction,doublesornear-
isplays heusuallysummonsupa
and-outers,clowns,nihilists.The
ithasthe samefoulweatheras
fdialoguethecharacterscom-
sionofrealityand unreality,of
ramedhislandscapeandhis
sKafka's,yetdifferentinthat
fully,whileBeckett'sendurepur-
kewilling forothers;theylinger,
nthe vergeofdiscoveringwhy
withKafkaandwithHenri
ecketthasaffinitiesacertain
fivephysicalsensesmoreorless
"and"Let'scontradicteach
dVladimirare stillwillingto
intheir proficiencyatthem.Ina
himself,"Youcriedfornight;it
encomplimentshimself,"Nicely
himselfonhisphrasingearlier in
ed toitselfaslanguage.In the
ngratulateshimselfonhaving
,Ithink,nicelyindeed."Thereis
elessis thefuture,aswellas the
le,menandwomenpreposter-
stheticsenseisrelated toBeckett's
ostdistressfulworksat times
zedwithsuchattentiveness,with
M
m
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G o o g l e - d
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astobecomefunny.Molloyhas
Estragonhavetheirboots.
ispositionvisa vishis
"Theartist whostakeshisbeing
sBeckettin hisessayonthe
mablfaspires"tostartagain from
othing."ReadingWilde,Yeats,
ngof Beckettpredictable.Yet
thelpbutconsiderorreconsider
ndwhenwedo,a strangething
eywere,atleastsomeoftheir
his. Qualitiesinhispredecessors
onspicuoushepushestothe fore.
esharedBeckett'smiddle-
ellashis schoolanduniversity,is
ntboulevardierwithhisbutton-
enothingin commonwith
eteleganceandsqualorcallto
theworkethicanddoing
yhaveincommon.It'strue that
causetheyenjoyit,Beckett's
erhapsthedistinctionis nota
ifiedifduringit artcanbecreated,
ulse,thoughacknowledged,is
rtisticambitionin Krapp's
stinctfromWildeasmight be
naccountofsucha mixtureand
edescribedasWilde'slasttape.For
eremembershowasOscarWilde
essful,andasWildehe looksat
reisinit agooddealofself-
mplishments,muchremorse;
rd.Attheend Wildeseemstoput
heturnsto eroticthoughtsof
ustasKrappfuriouslyplays the
aboat.The fireinKrapphas gone
etoothenubof hisrecollectionsis
M
m
P u b l i c D o m a i n ,
G o o g l e - d
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ing."Heoffershisnewlyappre-
ure,disgrace,poverty,sorrow,
ecouldnothaveknownthat
rojundisinReadingGaolthe
eshehadcompleted,butin
gesare removedeachweekinthe
gwasnotsomethingdis-
romhisfairytale,"TheHappy
dthecharacterofHerodin
ishedphysicalorspiritualdecay.
etainsanaestheticsenseas the
alomeIokanaanrisesfromhis
eirtrashbarrelsin Endgame,a
influencebuttosuggestthat
dramain strangerepositories.)
tserveas anepigraphtoBeck-
ptorwho wascommissionedto
wThatEndurethfor Ever."
onzewithwhichto makeit,not
bethoughthimselfofawOrkhe
eJoyThatAbidethOnlyforan
of "TheJoyThatAbidethOnly
t"TheSorrowThatEndurethfor
nWildethereismuchpain.
WildeandBeckettmaywell
rtasrecreationas wellasvocation.
rsareIrishenoughtodawdlefor a
oeat. Thereisalwaystimeto
ofVladimirand Estragonfinda
heself-conscioustakingpartina
nTheImportanceofBeingEarnest,
Allenbyin AWomanofNo
rsandwiches,orGilbert'sorto-
vecounterpartsinBeckett's
nas,Vladimir'scarrots.Both
ng throughthesurfaceofstate-
mlike"aswell"and turningit
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g,"saystheUnnamable,"what
ouldmislaytheother?"andLady
parentmaybe regardedasa
ecarelessness."Bothwriters
othatWestwardHocanbecome
iveearnestgivesawrytwisttothe
uageconnectwithpunsof
heputativeportrait ofWillie
onnetaboutamanofall hues,in
devisualas wellasverbalpuns.
esisaleadingenterprisefor both
ncebyproxy."Hisproxiesare
ndBominMurphy,buttheycan
ethe protagonistmalevolently
TheUnnamablewhereWormand
nterfeitsoftheprincipal
thequalitypossessedby
dself-cancellation.Theycannot
vokingitsoppositeand recogniz-
onnetsWilde adaptedaphraseof
orhis enemies,")todescribe
his enemies,"andBeckettmakes
henhewrites,"Greycloudlesssky
rof thosenorforGodnor his
say"TheTruthofMasks"by
all thathehassaid."A truthinart
true,"he declares,andinfactthe
aforarcheologicalaccuracyin
contradictiontoaremarkhemade
ogybegins,artceases."Beckett,
act,hasMolloyend hislong
tothehouseand wrote,Itis
thewindows.Itwasnotmid-
ationanddenialgo handinhand.
ibylVanegivesupthe pretenseofart
hisworld,onlyto commitsuicide,
onditionsofexistenceandto live
eless)worldof art,onlyto
M
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repudiatesnature,experience,
heperfectionofart,there isan
ehangsontheedgeof non-being.
toclaim itfortheother.Whenhe
thanfaces,thesolidityofbothis
ys,MolloysandMalonesdo not
hesuspicionlatentinnineteenth-
nstructionsmaybeonlyPotem-
ctiontocoveranessential
ckettidentifieswithmisery.
tallsuccess.Thegreatestmen
e attests,andBeckettsays,"Tobe
e fail..."InthisrespectWilde
'smoreflagrantbelittlementsof
arouseBeckett'ssympathy
eringbecameovertratherthan
viouscentury.Beckettwasmore
ormedthefeatoftransforming
rywriterintoatwentieth-century
etthaddistinctpreferences.Those
nedupwhatBeckettcalled"the
nviolaterose,"herecommended
ng."Yeatsby thistimeagreed,
erse"frogspawn,""oldbottles,
"excrement."YetamongYeats's
nerringlytheonethat wasmost
hesHisBelovedWereDead."It
ldhimselfreframeinfourof his
raveyard
veme
M
m
P u b l i c D o m a i n ,
G o o g l e - d
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French,"pleurantcellequicrut
oughtshelovedme."Itis aline
notonly becausehislovedidnot
ausehe wouldnothaveendeda
oubtwhichBeckettlikesto
wasforYeatssomethingtoget
htbathosasYeatssoughtclimax.
atKillineysouthof Dublin,
vy.Atthissinglemeetingin1932
ingapassagefrom"Whoro-
dreferredtoDescartes'attitude
ofease
ne
oveandfemalecrueltymayhave
artling imagery.Inasubsequent
sfromYeats'spoem,"The
eofhis minidrama"...butthe
raseispart ofakindof grand
ngandthedetermination,concen-
ya manistryingto evokethe
M
m
P u b l i c D o m a i n ,
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aMaud-Gonne-likefigure,and
ieflyonascreen,murmuring
spoem.Atlastthemanquotes.
on,asinYeats,butof unreality,or
nded.InBeckettthecloudsare
reversubjectto decayofbody,
e.
eanddramacontainedele-
kett.Therewereagedbundlesof
dMadTom,imagesof senilelust,
fflatand fallenbreasts,ofold
eople"ravening,raging,and
nothingnessofreality."The
ityintoan imaginativeparadise,
entoBeckett;butinthe obverseof
meto time,hecouldfind
ysat theAbbeyTheaterin
playsofYeats.Helikedespecially
dsupontheWindow-Pane,inwhich
astatingfinalline,"Perishtheday
kedYeats'sversionofthe Sopho-
anaptemblemfor Beckettofthe
nblindedanddispossessed,like
ythatmovedhimwasAtthe
nda youngonewaitinvain,as do
thingthatneverhappensto
tesfromit, "Icalltothe eyeofthe
ympathizingwiththeoldman
Cuchulain,concludeshisprelude
t!Ispit! Ispit!"Orwith the
whichratherlikethat ofGodot
ductionofscenery,theelimination
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G o o g l e - d
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ntrationofwordsweretobe
reastheywereofYeats's.One
eenYeats,withhis fabulous
andanatomizingoftheheroic,
hIrish legendandprefersthe
atshada strainofskepticismtoo.
ficetriumphantovernature,are
d,inwhichall artisonlywhathe
wsofadream."(Evenin
otsingea sleeve.")
thehardestofthethreeto
gestedthatBeckettwasJoyce's
ehisearlybooksdescribedcharac-
ullyaroundcities.Suchechoesas
cketttookovertheJoycean
endoingthat,andJoycehimself
kindsofhumor,especiallythe
hanicaldetails,theyboth
Chaplin.
wellasanyoneduringthelast
ymetoften,theyconversed
mewithoutwords,directing
sandintothe unfeelingether.
ayOhioImprompturecordstheir
ook togetheralongtheSeineto
wordexchangedtheygrewtobe
sttheonly youngwriterwhose
whenMurphywaspublished,
badlimerick,andmoreimpor-
orythepassageaboutthedispos-
rofapub, theashesmixingwith
nawaythatJoyce,past masterof
ery,couldvalue.
whathewouldlatercall
g."Nonetheless,hedidnot
oyce'sworks.Inparticularhe
ofmissiontooclamant,hisown
heplayExiles hefoundblood-
M
m
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