feelings. These feeling differ with the content of the work, and are

usually needed to perceive the author's ideas in the work. For example,

Samuel Beckett augments a reader's understanding of Waiting For Godot by

conveying a mood, (one which the characters in the play experience), to the

reader. Similarly, a dominant mood is thrust upon a reader in Beowulf.

These moods which are conveyed aid the author in conveying ideas to a

In Waiting for Godot, Beckett uses many pauses, silences, and ellipses

(three dots (...) used to create a break in speech) to express a feeling of

waiting and unsureness. There is a twofold purpose behind this technique.

For one, it shows that Vladimir and Estragon, the two main characters

the epic, the writers included events which, when read, are also

experiencing. Vladimir and Estragon are waiting; waiting for Godot, to be

Unsure, not very anxious to move on, and constantly having to wait. A

Moods that are created, such as that of longing or waiting, and fear

able to comprehend and interpret, the work of literature's longevity is

reader to feel how and understand why Vladimir and Estragon feel as though

battles, Beowulf was killed by a dragon in a fierce fight. While he was

or she might also understand how Vladimir and Estragon feel at times:

convey. Also, by conveying a universal mood, or one that nearly everyone is

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