Murphy : through the looking glass of chaos and contradiction : a cornerstone in Beckettian style

Abstract

Our objective is to visualize how Beckett show us the ideas explained before in “Murphy” and how he configured them and gave them form through the story and the characters. In order to do so, we will support our analysis with the concepts presented by the theory of chaos and the ideas developed by Jacques Derrida in his theory of Deconstruction. All this in order to understand the phenomena of contradiction presented as the central element in the novel. We also will see how the symbolism present in the novel is used as a way to reinforce and clarify this phenomenon and finally we will be able to see how we can identify our human condition through this novel.