Largo Desolato (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Václav Havel
- First Published: 1985
- Type of Work: Play
- Type of Plot: Absurdist
- Time of Work: The 1980’s
- Setting: Prague, Czechoslovakia
- Genres: Drama, Problem play, Absurdist literature
- Subjects: 1970’s, Philosophy or philosophers, Politics, Love or romance, 1980’s, Duty, Middle age, Great Britain, Czechoslovakia or Czechoslovakians, Doors, Dissent or dissenters
- Locales: Prague, Czechoslovakia
Characters Discussed
Professor Leopold Nettles, the protagonist, a philosopher and the writer of a book that contains a paragraph that the authorities deem subversive. He seems most concerned about his bodily functions, and he paces his apartment like a wild animal in a cage. He is unable to write and is handicapped by the constant pressure of impending imprisonment. Most of the time, he drinks rum and takes pills while waiting to be taken away. He claims to be a coward who lacks human integrity and doubts himself capable of love. He quotes from things he has said as if he is...
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