Words and Music (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Samuel Beckett
- First Published: 1962
- Type of Work: Play
- Type of Plot: Absurdist
- Time of Work: Unspecified
- Setting: Unspecified
- Genres: Existential literature, Drama, Absurdist literature, Autobiographical drama
- Subjects: Language or languages, Communication, Creative process, Existentialism, Radio or radio broadcasting
Characters Discussed
Croak, a character addressed as “lord” by Words; Croak, in turn, refers to Words and Music as his “balms” and “comforts” and, more familiarly, as Joe and Bob. Wearing carpet slippers and carrying a club, Croak arrives late, asks them to forgive his delay, and then announces the performance’s first theme: love. He communicates his desires and, more often and more demonstrably, his displeasure, less by means of words than by means of sighs, groans, exclamations of anguish, and the peremptory thumping of his club. Disappointed by Words’s...
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