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Eduncle posted an MCQ
October 17, 2019 • 16:55 pm 0 points
  • UGC NET
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In which play by Eugene Ionesco do you find the grotesque image of the leg of a corpse thrusting onto the stage, and,

which begins to grow larger as the play progresses in a menacing manner?

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    Amédée, or How to Get Rid of It is a play written by Eugène Ionesco in 1954 based on his earlier short story entitled "Oriflamme". The play is about Amédée, a playwright, and his wife Madeleine, a switchboard operator. They discuss how to deal with a continually growing corpse in the other room. The corpse is causing mushrooms to sprout all over the apartment and is apparently arousing suspicion among the neighbors. The audience is given no clear reason why the corpse is there. Madeleine suggests he was the lover Amédée murdered; Amédée gives several alternate explanations. At the end of the play Amédée attempts to drag the corpse away to dump it in the river. He is seen by many passers-by; one of the witnesses is referred to as "Eugene" and is likely the author himself. When Amédée becomes tangled in the legs, the corpse floats away with Amédée attached.

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