English Final on connecting Waiting for Gadot and The Blazing World
The Power of Language
Language is the means by which people function in society. Written text works to expose how language dictates the power one holds in society. This word defined by the Oxford English Dictionary is the method of human communication, either spoken or written, consisting of the use of words in a structured and conventional way (OED). The way in which people communicate defines how they progress in society. Those who articulate language well have extreme power over those who don’t. Language is the human capacity for acquiring and using complex systems of communication. (Wiki). To have language is to have power. This idea of language relating to power is so prevalent in our literature that one rarely identifies it as the major theme, however, it is. Power is language and language is power. In the play Waiting for Gadot by Samuel Beckett and in the novel The Blazing World by Margaret Cavendish we see just how much language has control over literature. Both of these works of art have the underlining theme of language controlling the power. This paper will demonstrate how the characters that articulate their language elegantly display the most power. Estrogen and Valdimir in Waiting for Gadot demonstrate their dependence on Gadot and lack of power, which is shown in their language, while the Empress in Blazing Worlds holds all the power through her language.
Waiting for Gadot is based on the power of language. Language is something that is rarely associated with power, but in all literature power is exposed through words. In The Blazing Worlds language connects directly to power “Empress had an excellent gift of preaching, and instructing them in articles of faith; and by that means, she converted them not only soon, but gained an extraordinary love of all her subjects throughout the world.” (Cavendish 163). This line demonstrates that the Empresses way of expressing her language captivates the people and gives her the power to bring her
Language is the means by which people function in society. Written text works to expose how language dictates the power one holds in society. This word defined by the Oxford English Dictionary is the method of human communication, either spoken or written, consisting of the use of words in a structured and conventional way (OED). The way in which people communicate defines how they progress in society. Those who articulate language well have extreme power over those who don’t. Language is the human capacity for acquiring and using complex systems of communication. (Wiki). To have language is to have power. This idea of language relating to power is so prevalent in our literature that one rarely identifies it as the major theme, however, it is. Power is language and language is power. In the play Waiting for Gadot by Samuel Beckett and in the novel The Blazing World by Margaret Cavendish we see just how much language has control over literature. Both of these works of art have the underlining theme of language controlling the power. This paper will demonstrate how the characters that articulate their language elegantly display the most power. Estrogen and Valdimir in Waiting for Gadot demonstrate their dependence on Gadot and lack of power, which is shown in their language, while the Empress in Blazing Worlds holds all the power through her language.
Waiting for Gadot is based on the power of language. Language is something that is rarely associated with power, but in all literature power is exposed through words. In The Blazing Worlds language connects directly to power “Empress had an excellent gift of preaching, and instructing them in articles of faith; and by that means, she converted them not only soon, but gained an extraordinary love of all her subjects throughout the world.” (Cavendish 163). This line demonstrates that the Empresses way of expressing her language captivates the people and gives her the power to bring her