ENGL 103W Lecture Notes - Fourth Wall, Night Man, Marshall Mcluhan
16 Dec 2012
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Hamm centers himself in the room centers himself in the center of the universe it is ones owns responsibility to put meaning on one"s life. Hamm teeters from desiring meaning and the desire to end the world oh god kill that flea . Hamm has moments of regret in not helping mother pegg/compassion. Life and earth is pain and suffering crying = being alive. Acknowledging the status of the play as a play. Breaks the illusion that the play is reality. Metatheatrical reference: hankerchief on his face curtain is being drawn the play beings. Hamm"s name - shakespeare reference hamlet, great suffering man, dramatic metatheatricality in endgame some exapmles. Hamm"s name he"s a ham, also allusion to hamlet, the great suffering man. My kingdom for a nightman (17); a distortion of my kingdom for a horse richard iii. Our revels now are ended (35) from the tempest.
