Question

No, alone.

(Pause.)
What dreams! Those forests!
(Pause.)
Enough, it's time it ended, in the shelter, too.
(Pause.)
And yet I hesitate, I hesitate to... to end. Yes, there it is,
it's time it ended and yet I hesitate to
(He yawns.)
-to end
(Yawns.)
God, I'm tired, I'd be better off in bed.
(He whistles. Enter Clov immediately. He halts beside the
chair.)
You pollute the air!
(Pause.)
Get me ready, I'm going to bed.
CLOV:
I've just got you up
HAMM:
And what of it?
CLOV:
I can't be getting you up and putting you to bed every
five minutes, I have things to do.
(Pause.)
Describe how the elements of dramatic writing (dialogue, stage directions, conflict,
etc.) work together to develop a theme in the passage. Be sure to use specific
details to support your answer.

Answer 1

No, alone.

(Pause.)

What dreams! Those forests!

(Pause.)

Enough, it's time it ended, in the shelter, too.

(Pause.)

And yet I hesitate, I hesitate to... to end. Yes, there it is,

it's time it ended and yet I hesitate to

(He yawns.)

-to end

(Yawns.)

God, I'm tired, I'd be better off in bed.

(He whistles. Enter Clov immediately. He halts beside the

chair.)

You pollute the air!

(Pause.)

Get me ready, I'm going to bed.

CLOV:

I've just got you up

HAMM:

And what of it?

CLOV:

I can't be getting you up and putting you to bed every

five minutes, I have things to do.

(Pause.)

Describe how the elements of dramatic writing (dialogue, stage