I spent the entire morning searching for Thomas Merton and it was very interesting activities of skimming and scanning plus hyper speed-reading of him and his work. I kind of enjoy myself to the fullest in such limit ness of time, reading through his work and getting to know him. Such complexity in gaining the ability to see God, Merton an Englishmen became a Communist, then a Catholic, later a Trappist monk and finally A Zen Buddhist before he died.
There is four other literary works that I can compare “Rhinoceros” with namely Elmer Rice’s “The Adding Machine”, Katel Capek’s “RUR”, Archibald Macleish’s “JB” and Irwin Shaw’s “Bury the Dead”. “JB” is too serious for me but I like “The Adding Machine”. I haven’t explore “RUR” and “Bury the Dead”. May be I would not due to the time constraint.
A Course Descriptions for Timeless Issues in Drama of Brandeis University’s Brandeis Adult Learning Institute Bali selected five plays to be studied that shared a common theme: societal changes or pressures that impact on humanity.
“The Adding Machine” deals with the replacement of an employee by a machine.
“RUR” introduces robots that take over the men who created them.
“Rhinoceros” reflects the “herd instinct”.
“JB” based on the story of Job raises the issues of evil forces beyond the control of righteous man.
“Bury the Dead’ an anti-war play, concerns soldiers who refuse to be buried.
This is quite a load for me to begin with after “Rhinoceros”. I need to get a copy of “The Adding Machine”. And more caffeine…
There is four other literary works that I can compare “Rhinoceros” with namely Elmer Rice’s “The Adding Machine”, Katel Capek’s “RUR”, Archibald Macleish’s “JB” and Irwin Shaw’s “Bury the Dead”. “JB” is too serious for me but I like “The Adding Machine”. I haven’t explore “RUR” and “Bury the Dead”. May be I would not due to the time constraint.
A Course Descriptions for Timeless Issues in Drama of Brandeis University’s Brandeis Adult Learning Institute Bali selected five plays to be studied that shared a common theme: societal changes or pressures that impact on humanity.
“The Adding Machine” deals with the replacement of an employee by a machine.
“RUR” introduces robots that take over the men who created them.
“Rhinoceros” reflects the “herd instinct”.
“JB” based on the story of Job raises the issues of evil forces beyond the control of righteous man.
“Bury the Dead’ an anti-war play, concerns soldiers who refuse to be buried.
This is quite a load for me to begin with after “Rhinoceros”. I need to get a copy of “The Adding Machine”. And more caffeine…
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