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I am not often a reader of plays, so I may not be the best judge of what is good. I chose this play to read because I had heard of it and thought it was an important play.
I didn't understand it. It was tedious to read - especially the several pages of Lucky's "thinking" . The play covered two days - one day for each act. The location was in a field under a tree. The primary characters were two men who might have been friends but certainly knew each other. Much of the conversation between the two ...more
I didn't understand it. It was tedious to read - especially the several pages of Lucky's "thinking" . The play covered two days - one day for each act. The location was in a field under a tree. The primary characters were two men who might have been friends but certainly knew each other. Much of the conversation between the two ...more
#GR Summer reading challenge: less than 100 pages; format I don't normally read (play)
Once again, I feel too stupid to "get" a classic. Even after I read what it was supposed to be about, I still didn't like it. Allegory and metaphor must just go over my head. Good thing I didn't try to become an English teacher, it never would have worked. ...more
Once again, I feel too stupid to "get" a classic. Even after I read what it was supposed to be about, I still didn't like it. Allegory and metaphor must just go over my head. Good thing I didn't try to become an English teacher, it never would have worked. ...more
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