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THE THEATRE OF THE ABSURD-1950s, MAIN THEMES - Coggle Diagram
THE THEATRE OF THE ABSURD
-1950s
The main play
WAITING FOR GODOT
CHARACTERS
ESTRAGON
LUCKY
VLADIMIR
POZZO
THEMES
FOLLY OF SEEKING MEANING
UNCERTAINTY OF TIME
ABSURDITY OF EXISTENCE
PURPOSLESSENESS OF LIFE
SYMBOLS
LUCKY'S BAGGAGE
LEAFLESS TREE
POZZO'S ROPE
Definition
theater that seeks to represent the absurdity of human existence in a meaningless universetext by bizarre or fantastic means.
SAMUEL BECKETT
LIFE
studied Romance lenguages at Trinity college
traveled in London, Paris, France, Germany and Italy
1937- he settled in Paris
II World War
1941- undergroud resistance group
members arrested by the GESTAPO
1945 Ireland
1945 Paris
born in Dublin
Waiting for Godot
absturdist drama
Martin Esslin: "absurd"
THE THEATRE OF THE ABSURD
MAIN FEATURES
vagueness about time, place and characters
the value of lenguage is reduced
no actions
extensive use of pauses, silences: sense of anguish
absence of a real plot
incoherent babbling
SUMMARY
I AND II ACT
MAIN THEMES
cruelty of human life
absence of futility of objectives
man's alienation
meaninglessness of man's struggle