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Name: Praful Ghareniya Roll no.:20 topic : Explain of the theatre absurd and symbol in waiting for
Godot
M.A. Semester: 3 Enrolment No.: Year: 2015-16 Paper no.: 9 Email ID.: [email protected] Submitted to: Department of English Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University
His is born on 1906His died on 1989His work on ..Waiting for Godot (1953)He won Nobel Prize in Literature at 1969
Samuel Beckett
The theatre of the absurd is also know as a new theatre .
It means the word Absurd foolishness, senseless, opposed to reason, something silly and ridiculous
What is theater absurd ?
Myth of Sisyphus French philosopher Albert
Camus in his essay the myth of Sisyphus in which he defines the human condition as basically meaningless Sisyphus defied the god and put death in chain so that no human needed to die When god decide on his punishment for all eternityHe would have push rock up a mountain upon reaching the top the rock down again.
Meaninglessness of life No wonder Lack of plot Element of existentialism Every hard contain Puzzled dialogues Nonsense language Importance of repetition Absurd and unexpected ending Comic scenes Different from traditional drama
Main feature of the theatre of Absurd
Theatre of absurd presented the life as meaningless and one that could simply end in casual slaughter this was reflected in the society of the time.it was because of the following reasons
1) mechanical nature of man of the life 2) Alien worlds 3) Isolation 4)time
MEANIGNLESS OF LIFE
Ex. It lacks the traditional standards of drama, no causal chain of effects and events, no Aristotle’s structure of drama
Lack of the Plot
no beginning
No endingNo middle
Theatre of the absurd have not the conventional story which can convince the readers or viewers.
Ex. In this play Estragon & Vladimir always waiting for the man namely Godot who never come.
Non Conventional Story:
Contradiction and repetition of the dialogues
For example Vladimir yells to Estragon: “Come on . . .
return the ball can’t you, once in a way?” Vladimir’s complaint is descriptive of
much of the dialogue in the remainder of the play
One more Ex., We’re waiting for Godot
(pg-51) Boy: I don’t know sir: Repetition of the objects Ex.
Devaluation of The Language The absurd dramatist felt
that conventional language had failed man and it was inadequate means of communication. The uselessness of language was used by the characters constantly; they speak in clichés, overused, tired expressions. They use language to feel the emptiness between them, to conceal the fact that they have 'nothing' to talk about to each other.
Ex. Lucky’s speech in Act-1 (quaquaquaquaqua
Cyclical Structure In fact, everything is
structured by this revenge motive. But in Waiting for Godot, where there is no motivated action, the sense of nothingness play the pivotal role in determining the every aspect of the play. Absurd play has a repetitive cyclical structure.
Similar setting- Debris Timing- day to moon rise Actions- hat Swapping
scene Similar Acts structure Same acts ending
Difference from poetic theatre
No use of dreams, fantasy and poetic language
Element of Existentialism Absurd theatre questions the
existence of man. Absurdist believes in the godless world.
the air is full our cries Human existence has no
meaning and purpose. “The mystery of human
existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for”
society of that time was cut off from religion, it was presented in absurd play
Example Vladimir and Estragon talking about thieves that were crucified with Christ just passing time=> The tree was symbol of Christianity
Cut off from religion
Absurd play has unexplained ending Hope, religion, nothingness, forgetfulness,
purposelessness' of man, ending is not Conclusion. Another example is at the end of both acts, they talks
about going but no one goes:
Absurd Ending:
Tree Boot hat
symbol
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