Unnamable The

"This is to say I have to go on." Beckett reveals himself here and tells me the meaning, or attempted meaning, of what he just wrote. He knows that he must go on, but there is a sense of anxiety at this claim, almost as if to ask, what does it matter? I'm starting to see this appeal to Beckett's style, it almost as if you're watching a play being performed in front of you, and you try jump on the stage and tear off the actors masks and costumes, and rip down to props and backdrop, to see what is truly being said. Beckett, as I understand, is trying to communicate this idea to us through the formulation or lack of formulation of a plot, characters, and action, and as a result tells the story of the process of writing. "There are no days here, but I use the expression." This whole chapter so far has been nothing but expressions, phrases trying to capture the essence of other phrases. "No, all is not clear. But the discourse must go on." I feel the need to not repeat myself, refer above. Actually I'll give a bit of commentary. This to me is an expression of the limitlessness or writing that leads to great anxieties as the writer sifts through the great sea of stories. Knowing ultimately he will not succeed, but presses on anyway.