If it is true that nothing or less than nothing happens in Waiting for Godot, how is it that we manage to be entertained as the audience? If Waiting for Godot is moralistic in nature, what's the moral? How does the play instruct us to lead our lives? Are these lessons subjective and personal for each viewer, or objective and universal?
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If it is true that nothing or less than nothing happens in...
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I believe that most people would agree that the play is intended to...
I believe that most people would agree that the play is intended to illustrate the author's vision that there is no meaning or purpose in life. It might be called existentialistic, but existentialism goes beyond asserting that there is no external or supernatural meaning to human existence. Existentialism seems to encourage people to create their own meaning in their lives. I don't believe Beckett cared whether his audiences did that or not....
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How does the use of repetition in the play Waiting for Godot help in...
How does the use of repetition in the play Waiting for Godot help in bringing out the elements of absurdist theatre?
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As existentialism is defined as a philosophy that describes life as...
As existentialism is defined as a philosophy that describes life as meaningless and absurd and places the burden upon the individual to endow it with meaning, the characters Vladimir and Estragon struggle to do so in Beckett's play, Waiting for Godot. They wait endlessly for an unseen character, Godot, who never arrives. The very idea that the concept of the play is built upon this premise highlights an empty and bizarre reality. Furthermore,...
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Do you think the play Waiting for Godot would function differently if...
Do you think the play Waiting for Godot would function differently if the characters were all female instead of male?
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Previous answers have done an excellent job of defining existentialism,...
Previous answers have done an excellent job of defining existentialism, and so I will keep my definition brief. It is the notion that there is no preordained, external meaning to the universe, and that human beings must instead find that meaning within ourselves. Many see these ideas in the play's characters, particularly in Godot. The characters wait for Godot to arrive, but he never does during the play. Some scholars believe this off-stage...
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If it is true that nothing or less than nothing happens in...
If it is true that nothing or less than nothing happens in Waiting for Godot, how is it that we manage to be entertained as the audience? If Waiting for Godot is moralistic in nature, what's the moral? How does the play instruct us to lead our lives? Are these lessons subjective and personal for each viewer, or objective and universal?
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What is the significance of the lines "Astride of a grave and a...
What is the significance of the lines "Astride of a grave and a difficult birth...But habit is a great deadener" in Waiting for Godot?
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How important is movement in the play Waiting for Godot ?
How important is movement in the play Waiting for Godot ?
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This is a penetrating question. Of course, the main emphasis is the...
This is a penetrating question. Of course, the main emphasis is the non-movement, the inertia of inactivity in the plot (emphasized by the important last line: “They do not move.”) But there are two other “movements” in any stage performance. “Blocking” (the changes of position by the actors) and “gesture” (the “language of stage gestures, both realistic and artificial, of the actors’ hands, head, posture, etc.) In...
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If it is true that nothing or less than nothing happens in...
If it is true that nothing or less than nothing happens in Waiting for Godot, how is it that we manage to be entertained as the audience? If Waiting for Godot is moralistic in nature, what's the moral? How does the play instruct us to lead our lives? Are these lessons subjective and personal for each viewer, or objective and universal?
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What is the significance of the lines "Astride of a grave and a...
What is the significance of the lines "Astride of a grave and a difficult birth...But habit is a great deadener" in Waiting for Godot?
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In his essay on Proust, Beckett writes that habit is "the ballast that...
In his essay on Proust, Beckett writes that habit is "the ballast that chains a dog to his vomit." This is clearly a criticism of habit. Habit, by itself, is this idea that we repeat the same thoughts or actions simply because we have become used to doing so. In this sense, habit is thoughtless and robotic. In this play, the two main characters continue to wait for Godot. They waste vast amounts of time waiting for someone who is (likely)...
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How important is movement in the play Waiting for Godot ?
How important is movement in the play Waiting for Godot ?
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What is meant by the quote, "There’s man all over for you, blaming on...
What is meant by the quote, "There’s man all over for you, blaming on his boots the faults of his feet" in Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot?
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What are the themes in Waiting for Godot?
What are the themes in Waiting for Godot?
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Why are there so many stage directions in Samuel Beckett's play Waiting...
Why are there so many stage directions in Samuel Beckett's play Waiting for Godot?
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Waiting for Godot, a play written by Samuel Beckett in 1953, finds two...
Waiting for Godot, a play written by Samuel Beckett in 1953, finds two characters, Vladimir and Estragon, endlessly waiting for the appearance of Godot, an unseen character who never actually makes an appearance. The English-language version of the play is a translation by Beckett of his French-language play En attendant Godot, which he wrote in 1948. There are many themes explored throughout Beckett's Waiting for Godot. Here are a few:...
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As we see in Act 1, Vladimir, or Didi, is commentating on the human...
As we see in Act 1, Vladimir, or Didi, is commentating on the human condition. When he states, "There's man all over for you, blaming on his boots the faults of his feet," what he's saying (between the lines) is that man finds it easy to pass the blame instead of taking responsibility for his actions. Rather than blaming his own ineptitude or inabilities, man is likely to blame his surroundings or particular circumstances. In this case, man is...
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Samuel Beckett is notorious for providing meticulous stage directions in...
Samuel Beckett is notorious for providing meticulous stage directions in his plays. This is particularly evident in his play Waiting for Godot, in which almost every line includes some type of stage direction. And though these directions may seem superfluous or inconsequential, it is important to note how they are juxtaposed with dialogue and how their pairings reflect the theme of power and authority within the play.For example, when Vladimir...
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