Company (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Samuel Beckett
- First Published: 1980
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Experimental
- Time of Work: The late 1970’s
- Setting: The mind of the creator
- Genres: Long fiction, Existential literature
- Subjects: Memory, Parents and children, Philosophy or philosophers, Psychology or psychologists, Social issues, Alienation, God, Fathers, Storytelling, Metaphysics, Loneliness
- Locales: Mind of the creator
Characters Discussed
A Voice, seemingly speaking in a dark room, unidentified, addressing the Hearer about his past life and present situation. The Voice seems to move about in the unlit space, sometimes far off, sometimes very close to the Hearer; the Voice is tonally flat on all occasions. Sometimes there are long periods in which the Voice is silent. When it is heard, it is always very soft.
The Hearer, as he is called, who is unidentified by name (although he is given a name, only to have it immediately taken away). He is clearly a male and is lying on his back in...
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