Discuss the Theme of Isolation and Loneliness In 'Talking Heads'.

... Discuss the Theme of Isolation and Loneliness In 'Talking Heads' Most of Alan Bennett's characters in Part One of the "Talking Heads Monologues", are lonely or they are threatened with loneliness, and this leads to alienation from society and the environment they live in. This essay looks at the effects of loneliness, illness, unhappiness and lack of self-knowledge and how this is portrayed in Bennett's works. It also shows how isolation and loneliness, are dealt with in different ways, by people of varying ages and backgrounds. A great number of people are unaware of being lonely such as Doris in 'A Cream Cracker under the Settee' "We were always on our own, me and Wilfred" "Mix, I don't want to mix" Throughout their marriage, they never socialised. Doris had very definite views on cleanliness and avoided people for this reason. Later on in the story we learn that this could have stemmed from the stillbirth of

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