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  • Essay / Waiting for Godot and The Theater of...

    Samuel Beckett is a famous writer who introduced the concept of absurdity, nothingness, nihilism and absurdity of life into dramatic art. It matched the absurdity of everyday life for ordinary people. He believed that life is a circle, where it begins, it ends at the same point. There is no concept of religion, no moral values, no concept of time and space in this life. Absurdity is a word that can be explained by reasoning, however the fault is a familiar world which in the universe suddenly deprived of illusion, ends with light, man feels like a stranger. He is in irradiated exile because he is deprived of the memory of his lost homeland just as much as he lacks the hope of the Promised Land to come. This diversity between man and his life, the actor and his satiety truly constitutes the feeling of Absurdity. It is very clear from the word “Absurd” that it means nonsense, something opposed to reason, something stupid, stupid, senseless, ridiculous and disorderly. In fact, “Absurd Theater” believes that the fate of humanity is aimless in an existence at odds with its environment. “Waiting for Godot” is an absurd play because not only is its plot vague, but its characters are also just mechanical puppets with their incoherent discussion. And above all, its theme is unexplained. It is an absurd play because it is devoid of characterization and motivation and has no outcome. Although the characters are present but are not recognizable for everything they do and everything they present is aimless. As for his dialogue technique, it is purely absurd as there is no witty repartee or pointed dialogue. What a reader or viewer hears is just incoherent chatter that has no clear, meaningful ideas. As far as action and theme go, this rises to the level of absurdist theater. After studying this room, we learn that nothing special is happening in the room and we do not observe any significant changes in the setting. Although a change occurs, it is only that the tree has grown four or five leaves. “Nothing is happening, no one is coming... no one is leaving, it’s horrible!” The beginning, middle and end of the piece do not rise to the occasion. level of a good play, so absurd. Although its theme is logical and rational, yet it lies in shading.