Pay attention to the word “know” and the idea of “knowing” in these plays. What does it mean to know something in Lakeboat and/or The Duck Variations? How do the characters know, or purport to know things? What alternatives to knowing are there

I want you read 3 files below then write one-paragraph (not more than 175 words) analytical response to one of the following questions. After you finish, I want you to write a comment to someone post.

A. Pay attention to the word “know” and the idea of “knowing” in these plays. What does it mean to know something in Lakeboat and/or The Duck Variations? How do the characters know, or purport to know things? What alternatives to knowing are there?
B. How do these plays juxtapose the trivial and the serious? What are the serious themes they treat and how do they raise them?
C. In the absence of much significant action, what is the function of talking in these plays? What is communicated and what is accomplished through speech?
D. How are Frankfurt’s comments on the “bull session” relevant to the plays?

E. Are Mamet’s characters bullshitting, in Frankfurt’s sense of the term? Why or why not?

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