Waiting for Godot as an Absurd theater
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Transcript of Waiting for Godot as an Absurd theater
Present by:- Zala Krutikaba. DRoll no :- 15
Semester :- 32014 - 2015
Paper :- The Modernist Literature
Topic:- Waiting for Godot –As an Absurd Theatre
Submitted to :- Smt. S.B. GardiDepartment of English
M.K. Bhavnagar University
The “ Theatre of the Absurd “ is also known as a “ New Theatre “. The word “ Absurd “ means foolishness , senseless , opposed to reason , something silly and ridiculous. Critic “ Martin Esslin “ coined the term in his 1960 essay “ Theatre of the Absurd “. The Theatre of the Absurd commonly associated with “ Existentialism “.
What is the “ Theatre of the Absurd “ ?
Meaninglessness of life
No wonder
No Organized movement
Lack of plot
Elements of “ Existentialism “
Very hard contain
Puzzled dialogues
Nonsense language
Characters are stereotypical and archetypal
Importance of Repetition.
Absurd or unexplained ending
Comic Scenes
Different from Traditional drama
Main Features of “ The Theatre of the Absurd “
“Waiting for Godot “ as
“ The Theatre of the Absurd”
Senseless activity of Vladimir and Estragon
Waiting for Godot.
Meaninglessness of life
No beginning , climax and ending.
Same place and time Unexplained story Nothingness and emptiness
Lack of Plot
Song of “ death of a dog “ by Vladimir : A dog came in the kitchen
And stole a crust of bread.Then cook up with a ladleAnd beat him till he was dead.
Then all the dogs came runningAnd dug the dog a tomb– Changing hats scene
Comic Scenes
Who is Godot ? God or Man ? Act 1 : Pozzo - Master
Lucky – Slave Act 2 : Pozzo – Master
Lucky - Slave No female character
Complexity of Characters
Nonsense language of Lucky makes confusion. Given the existence as uttered forth in the
public works of Puncher and Wattmann of a personal God quaquaquaqua with white beard quaquaquaqua outside time without extension who from the…….
Dialogues of Vladimir and Estragon make misunderstanding.
Nonsense Language
Same time , place , action in Act 1 and 2. Same dialogues :-
ESTRAGON:What do we do now? VLADIMIR:Wait for Godot. ESTRAGON:Ah!Silence.
Importance of repetition
No use of interesting plot. No sense of story Meaningful dialogues No use of dream , fantasy
and poetic language.
Different from Traditional drama
Believe in existence of “Man” Believe in “God” Waiting for God
Element of “ Existentialism “
Unexplained ending Here ending is not conclusion No satisfaction Decision of suicide if Godot
fails to arrive. A play gives confusion
and problems. And no solution.
Absurd ending
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