Katurian Essays

The Pillowman begins with storywriter Katurian in an investigation room blindfolded, when investigators Tupolski and Ariel enter to ask him some questions about some recent child murders. The setting

by Martin McDonagh. The play starts off with Katurian in an interrogation room, blindfolded and confused. He is immediately told to take off his blindfold because it looks “stupid”, according to Tupolski (5). Tupolski is one of the two investigators that are interrogating Katurian and Michael, along with Ariel Without directly telling him, Tupolski and Ariel start to ask about Katurian’s stories and about some news stories in the current papers. Katurian at this point still has no clue as to why he

Tupolski: I would call them guidelines. Katurian: Guidelines, yes. Tupolski: Given certain guidelines, the security of whatever, it isn’t crime, you write a story. (McDonagh 7) The other point is the name of Katurian Katurian Katurian. The fact that the artist’s name is repeated three times and it is also the representation of the standardization enforced by the state. Even the names of

extent element in reality shown in fantasy. When we try to escape from it, some part of the fantasy can be related to the reality. Because it is the reality force us to create that fantasy. In both the Pillowman and Pan’s Labyrinth the fantasy of Katurian and Ofelia are an escape of the reality but at the same time linkage of fantasy and reality exists. In the pillowman, story setting is in a totalitarian country, without specific indicate. We can clearly see

changing the readers thoughts and similarly in Geek Love creating the idea of a cult has the effect of changing peoples thought processes. This was looked at in light of Foucault’s quote on how language translates the will of those who speak it and that Katurian and Arturo’s use of language, the mental cause, had an effect that they may not have originally

situation. The audiences experience so many negative feelings such as violence, disgust, fear and grotesque in this play. Actually, he tries to represent the effects of parental abuse and violence against children. The main character Katurian has to face this fact who is disturbed and abused by his parents. So, he has been arrested