Genet And Gelber: Studies In Addiction
1968; University of Toronto Press; Volume: 11; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.3138/md.11.2.151
ISSN1712-5286
Autores Tópico(s)Leadership, Courage, and Heroism Studies
ResumoBOTH JEAN GENET'S The Balcony AND JACK GELBER'S The Connection use the same dramatic device, the play-within-a-play, to express similar moral positions. Both playwrights use the device to erect a "hall of mirrors," which becomes the central image of the condition of mankind. Genet's hero in The Thiefs Journal, Stilitano, trapped in its inmost maze, is the prototype of the heroes of both plays. Whether Stilitano can or cannot break out of the "hall" is irrelevant. Whether he tries or does not try to break out is central. His success is not moot, and neither is the pinnacle he does or does not reach for.
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