Discuss
Becket’s dark vision of existence. / Assess a comparative study on Vladimir and
Estragon. /Do you agree that Waiting for
Godot distils the theme of futility? Give reasons for your answer./ Waiting for Godot explores a
static situation. Discuss.
Samuel Beckett, the
existentialist has projected his dark vision of existence in his absurd drama Waiting
for Godot. Existentialism proposes that man is full of anxiety and despair
with no meaning in his life, just simply existing, until he made decisive
choice about his own future. That is the way to achieve dignity as a human
being. The concept of existentialism became popular during the Second World War
in France, and just after it. One of the major playwrights during the Second
World War was jean-Paul Sartre. Other popular playwrights were Albert Camus,
and jean Anouilh.
Right after the Second World War,
Paris became the theatre capital of the west, and popularized a new form of
surrealistic theatre called “Theatre of the Absurd”. Many historians
contribute the sudden popularity of absurdism in France to the gruesome
revelations of gas chambers and war atrocities coming out of Germany after the
war. The main idea of the “Theatre of the Absurd” was to point out man’s
helplessness and pointless existence in a world without purpose. As Richard Coe
described it, “It is the freedom of
the slave to crawl east along the deck of a boat going west”. Two of
the most popular playwrights of this time include Samuel Beckett, who’s most
famous piece was Waiting for Godot, and Eugene Ioensco with Exit the
King. The play, Waiting for Godot proves the pointless existence of
man. It reveals the human condition at its absolute worst.....................................
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