Changing Perspectives
Change is something that has been discussed as being an inevitable part of human life. It is something which humans have experienced many times and will continue to experience it many more times throughout their lives. As with anything else there are different types, or levels, of change that can occur. Perhaps the most obvious ones to categorize change by are internal and external. Internal being a change that will affect you personally as opposed to external which is change to make an impact on more than one person, some extreme cases also are encountered on a worldwide scale.One such example of internal changes (or changes in perspective) is shown in the play "Krapp's Last Tape" written by Samuel Beckett. This stage play evolves a shattering drama out of a monologue of a man who, at age sixty-nine, plays back the autobiographical tape he recorded on his thirty-ninth birthday. All of Samuel Beckett's plays are focused around the same themes (as is all absurd drama). These themes include the futility of human life and the pointlessness of bare existence. "Krapp's Last Tape" is no exception to these themes. Living solely in a solitary room sits an old man at a desk. This is Krapp, and thi
As quoted by an American Psychologist (on the 'Time' web site), "Man as a singular is a very well thought out plan, however man as a plural are quite stupid". This quote ponders how people get sent into a panic by seeing other people panic. A few percentage of people took this radio play for real, thinking aliens were attacking the Earth, and the panic from these people radiated out into the masses. Soon millions upon millions knew that aliens were attacking the Earth. This is an example of an impulsive change in perspective, having many perspectives to believe but quickly jumping into one out of fear or any other emotion. Krapp is listening to old recordings of himself in his earlier years, his younger self is almost portrayed as a different person altogether.
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