lucky's monologue – The Watchful Scribe

21/07/202305/09/2023The Scribe's Scribblings

Cosmic Wisdom Within Literary Archetype

If one were to try and define true wisdom, they would not struggle to find potential answers offered by all forms of thought and philosophy from all corners of the globe. Here, I ponder the differences but also the overlaps between Western and Eastern answers for this most paramount of questions, and also the transcendental, unifying truths that underly all great works of literature, no matter which culture or race they spring from. Ultimately, I believe that such a search would take us to the very core of civilisation- that is, the root of human narrative.

16/07/202302/12/2023The Scribe's Scribblings

Pozzo and Lucky, Control and Chaos: Beckett’s ‘Waiting for Godot’

There are many unsolved questions surrounding Samuel Beckett’s enigmatic, nebulous masterpiece of a play, Waiting for Godot. But rather than attempt to outline the figure of the mysterious main character, or speak to the significance of the two trampy protagonists, today I would like to turn my attention towards a perhaps even more ambiguous duo; a bullish, tyrannical master, and a slave who is mute but articulate, meek yet explosive, and dignified yet savage.