absurdity in play (waiting for godot) and absurdity in life

TOPIC : ABSURDITY IN PLAY (WAITING FOR GODOT) AND ABSUDITY IN OUR LIFE

Prepared by : Jasani Nidhi Enrolment number : 14101018Email : nidhijasani15@gmail.comPaper : Modernist literature Department of English M.K.B. University

Introduction

• Samuel Barclay Beckett .

• 13 April 1906 - 22 December.

• Irish avant-garde novelist.

• Play wright, theater director and poet.

Waiting for Godot

It is written by Samuel Beckett. There are two acts in this play. There are six characters in this play. We can find nothingness in this play. There is use of one place in this play.

What is Absurdity?

An absurdity is a thing that is extremely unreasonable, awkward, ineptitude, ridiculous etc...

“ The condition of state in which human

exist in a meaningless irrational universe where in people live without purposes or meaning.”

In the play practically nothing happened, no development is to be found, there is no beginning and no end.

No Beginning

No Middle

No End

The play Theatre of absurd lack a logical and conventional structure which is the representation of absurd predicament.

Characteristics of the “Theatre of Absurd”

Hopelessness in characters

Absurd or unexplained ending

Comic Scenes

Importance of Repetition

Elements of “ Existentialism “

Absurdity in Waiting for Godot This play belongs to the tradition of

the theater of absurd.

It is unconventional in not depicting any dramatic conflicts.

In fact this play comes under “ Theater of Absurd”. It is a kind of tragic comedy and unlike truth about life.

Absurdity in Life

In our life we can see that we are doing same things.

We have no choices. (In waiting) The play and our life both are similar. We found our self in character of

Vladimir and Estragon. Hope for tomorrow. Tomorrow never

comes. Waiting is endless proses.

Conclusion… We know that our life Is absurd, the

is nothing inn our life yet, we seems to be enjoying our life as like “Sisyphus”. Death will come, we can’t escape from it. So we have to enjoyed it …..

Thank

you….

Is kind of

absurdity…