Brit Lit Final Exam

"The Moment Before the Gun Went Off"

Nadine Gordimer

apartheid

South African laws that separated white people from black people, in effect when Gordimer wrote "The Moment Before the Gun Went Off"

Van der Vyer

the father/farmer in "The Moment Before the Gun Went Off," shot his black son accidentally

Lucas

"The Moment Before the Gun Went Off," Van der Vyer's son who was shot

"The Drowned Giant"

J.G. Ballard

Modernism

"Make it New!" the movement was popular up to the beginning of the 20th century, focused on experimentation and often featured abstract ideas

"Waiting for Godot"

Sam Beckett

"Theater of the Absurd"

plays stressing the irrational or illogical aspects of life, usually to show that modern life is pointless, ex: "Waiting for Godot," "Footfalls," "Breath"

theater of immobility

characters not being able to act or do, seen in "Waiting for Godot"

Estragon

character in "Waiting for Godot," Gogo, represents the body

Vladimir

character in "Waiting for Godot," Didi, represents the head

Lucky

character in "Waiting for Godot," led by a noose, called a pig by Pozzo, treated like a slave

Pozzo

character in "Waiting for Godot," leads Lucky around and acts as his master

the boy in "Waiting for Godot" who says Mr. Godot is on his way is a...

shepherd

philosophy of the absurd

the belief that life is inherently futile

"Footfalls"

Samuel Beckett

May

the daugher in "Footfalls"

evensong

a religious ritual or prayer in "Footfalls"

Amy and Mrs. Winter

reflections of May and V (woman's voice) in "Footfalls"