Modrzejewska, Krystyna2022-06-132022-06-132012"Quêtes littéraires" 2012, nº 2, s. 93-100http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12153/3201The consideration of the silence of a present person in some French 20th century drama reveals the power and the cruelty of human silence. The play by Anouilh displays the destiny of a woman who is convicted to be a voiceless witness, whereas the one by Beckett shows the silence of a husband begged by his companion to confirm her presence. In the play by Lagarce, the agony of an ungrateful son unleashes a torrent of complaints pronounced by a women belonging to his family. Finally, both of the analysed plays by Sarraute show the consequences of silence in relations between friends.frAttribution 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/silenceAnouilhBeckettLagarceSarrauteinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article10.31743/ql.4630