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How we cite the quotes:
Citations follow this format: (Act.Line). Every time a character talks counts as one line, even if what they say turns into a long monologue.
| Quote #1 HAMM What have you done with your bicycle-wheels? CLOV I never had a bicycle. HAMM The thing is impossible. CLOV When there were still bicycles, I wept to have one. I crawled at your feet. You told me to go to hell. Now there are none. (1.67-71) |
Can you detect any bitterness in Clov's tone? Is he so used to Hamm's cruelty to him that he is simply reporting the facts or is there a sign that he still holds out hope that Hamm can be sympathetic?
| Quote #2 CLOV There's no more pap. HAMM (to Nagg) Do you hear that? There's no more pap. You'll never get any more pap. NAGG I want me pap! (1.85) |
Why is Hamm treating his father like a child? Why is his father acting like a child? What has allowed the two to reverse roles, as they do here?
| Quote #3 CLOV You shouldn't speak to me like that. (Pause.) HAMM (coldly) Forgive me. (Pause. Louder.) I said, Forgive me. CLOV I heard you. (1.124-126) |
Hamm reveals that he is demanding forgiveness, not requesting it. If he does not give Clov a choice, why does he still feel the need to ask for forgiveness?