Identity: Self and Social

Hodges' model

Forms of Identity - The search for the self

"Beckett's first play, Eleutheria (written in French shortly after the war, but so far unpublished and unperformed), is also concerned with a young man's efforts to cut himself loose from his family and social obligations. Eleutheria is in three acts. The stage is divided in the middle. ..."

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	"On the right the hero lies in his bed, apathetic and passive."
"On the left his family and friends discuss his case without ever directly addressing him."

"Gradually the action shifts from left to right, and eventually the hero summons up the energy to free himself from his chackles and cut himself loose from society." p.35.

Esslin, Martin. Chapter 1 Samuel Beckett, The search for the self. The Theatre of the Absurd. London: Pelican, 1982. (3rd Ed.). p.35.

Note: "Does he take sugar?"

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2012/mar/19/berit-stueland-obituary