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Volume : IV, Issue : I, February - 2014

EXPLORING SISYPHEAN THEME IN HAPPY DAYS BY BECKETT

Kamrunnessa Khatun, -

By : Laxmi Book Publication

Abstract :

The parallel theme of Sisypheanism has been explored in Happy Days where a lonely woman grapples with the endless series of nothingnesses by taking a nostalgic dip in her past or bygone days or by carrying on repeatedly the same daily rituals. Apart from this, she takes the help of classic texts or quotations to overcome the overwhelming situation,as she is sinking day by day into the mound of earth. The dramatic conflict springs from the indomitable attitude of the woman and the universe that nullifies her human effort. The more the world appears challenging, the more she betrays her courage. Like the mythical Sisyphus she tides over the surrounding nothingness in reasserting meaning out of inherently absurd situation.

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    Kamrunnessa Khatun, -(2014). EXPLORING SISYPHEAN THEME IN HAPPY DAYS BY BECKETT. Indian Streams Research Journal, Vol. IV, Issue. I, http://isrj.org/UploadedData/3688.pdf

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