The Profound Ideas of Honore de Balzac's Pere Goriot Honore de Balzac published Pere Goriot in 1834 (1), one of the outstanding novels in his panoramic study of Parisian life, the Human Comedy. Throughout Pere Goriot, Balzac's narrator oscillates between the roles of social historian and moralist. Although the presence of both observer and commentator may initially seem mutually exclusive, it also is a large part of what makes this novel interesting and entertaining. Balzac's readers, as flesh-and-blood
"How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child." (Act 1 scene 4 lines 282-3) This quotation may have been taken from "King Lear" but it is also very apt for Balzac's novel "Old Goriot." Both stories tell of misplaced loyalties, thankless children and self-knowledge, which comes too late. Both eponymous characters surrender their fortunes to their daughters, excepting Cordelia in "King Lear", only to find themselves outcasts. Old Goriot starts out as a wealthy retired
Samuel Beckett met en scène dans En Attendant Godot, c’est le drame de l’attente me semble juste. Le titre de la pièce, « En Attendant Godot », décrire l’action centrale dans un mot, « attendant ». On peut dire que Beckett est l’un des écrivaines les plus influents de la vingtième siècle. Cette pièce était sa première pièce de théâtre, et sa pièce le plus célèbre. Il est une tragi-comédie qu’il a écrite pendant les années 1948 et 1949. On dirait que Beckett cherche à obtenir l’attention du public