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Characters in Amedee
Characters in Amedee
INTRODUCTION:Just like a typical absurdist drama, Amedee or ‘How to Get Rid of It’ has only a
few characters and share the common characteristics that make them ideally fit characters with their
sheer absurdity, lack of communication, sense of estrangement, nonconformist life and nonsense
dialogues which most of the times look senseless, cliché and repetitive. Amédée, or How to Get Rid
of It (French: Amédée ou comment s'en débarrasser) is a play written by Eugène Ionesco in 1954
based on his earlier short story entitled "Oriflamme". We can discuss its characters as under: