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Bhatt Prakruti B.Paper:9 The Modernist
LiteratureTopic: Absurdity in Waiting
for GodotRoll:No:12
Date:-14:10:2013
About Absurd Theater
Influence of Camus and Sartre (existentialism)
pessimistic view of man’s existence=
no purpose at all in man’s life, totally absurd=
After 2 world wars, in a world with no religion, with no belief Man is lost
?
A BIG existential question
WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF HUMAN EXISTENCE????
How many Authors in Absurd Theater ??????????
• Samuel Beckett• Eugene Lonesco• Jean Genet• Harold Pinter• Tom Stoppard• Friedrich• Durrenmatt
• Alejandro Jodorowsky• Fernando Arrabal• Vaclav Havel • Edard Aalbee
About Samuel Beckett
Born :
13 April, 1906
Died :
22 December,1989
Facing a universe without God and without meaning or purpose.
Absurdity in Waiting for Godot
• Vladimir : Let's go.• Estaragon : Let's go.
(They both dont move.)
• Estragon:why don't we hang ourselves?• Vladimir:with what?• Estragon:you haven't got a bit of rope?• Vladimir:no• Estragon:then we can't• Vladimir:oh,wait,there is my belt• Vladimir:it's too short• Estragon:you could hang on to my legs• Vladimir:and who would hang onto
mine?• Estragon:true
• Vladimir : Where are your boots?
• Estragon : I must have thrown them away.
• Vladimir : When?• Estrgon : I don't know.• Vladimir : Why?• Estragon : (Exasperated). I don't
know why I don't know!• Vladimir : No, I mean why did
you throw them away?
`Estragone:What is it?
Vladimir:I don't know. A
willow.
Estragon:(Looking at the
tree).What is it?
Vladimir:It's tree.
Estragon:Yes, but what
kind?
Vladimir:I dont't know. A
willow.
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