How does Bennett explore the 'ordinary, uneventful, desperate' aspects of life through literature?

... How does Bennett explore the 'ordinary, uneventful, desperate' aspects of life through literature? Alan Bennett's characters (in Lady of Letters, Her Big Chance and Bed Among the Lentils) possess similar qualities of being 'ordinary, uneventful and desperate' as their lives can be viewed as being dull, mundane and monotonous. Using dramatic monologue, not only is Bennett able to explore the different aspects of life, but also make it easier for us (the reader) to understand and ultimately appreciate the themes brought forward. The monologue style allows us to hear the biased views of the narrator as we are able to see through them and thus allowing us to empathize for the characters. Ordinary, uneventful and desperate are major aspects of life, just as much as love and death. To the 'naked eye', the three might appear to be mutually exclusive but in fact the word ordinary and desperate does have

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