Real Inspector Hound (2 Viewers)

[tennille]

The fact that the classical crime genre has been satirised reveals that Stoppard's views crime fiction as illogical/ invaluable.

Mention the conventions- "ill kill you simon gascoyne" is a red herring and is used by both felicity and cynthia. However, since red herrings repeated in excess, these red herrings are too obvious to be plausible and therefore intensifies the satirical nature of the text.

 

[i_am_an_genius]

Dude, i may be totally too late, but studying drama really helps with this...He uses the Absurd concventions because Absurd theatre was only going on in the 50s and 60s - he uses the meaninglessness of our lives and the fact that existentialists see our lives as meaningless and the only meaning we have in our lives is the actions that we do and make up to try and give yourself (like HSC...who said that was important in a meaningless world??) But the main way he does it is through identity.
Moon and Bird boot are roleplaying meaningless roles in life, but then they get drawn on stage by their true personality (moon, as the only one with motive to kill the body, bridboot an incassiable lust for actresses) and then simon and Hound (whose places have been taken by M and B) sit in their chairs and shout the meaningless reveiwer's jargon that they were saying, showing how the roles we play in life are just facades, and are meaningless.
"...Stoppard addresses humanity's incassiable need for role-playing..."
- Whilcock

Sorry if im a bit late, hope it helps for future...