This document summarizes key aspects of Samuel Beckett's absurdist play Waiting for Godot. It discusses how the play reflects the absurdist philosophy influenced by existentialists like Camus and Sartre of a world without meaning or purpose. Examples of absurd exchanges between the characters Vladimir and Estragon are presented, such as their indecision about whether to hang themselves or one character's inability to remember why he threw away his boots.

1. Bhatt Prakruti B.
Paper:9 The Modernist
Literature
Topic: Absurdity in Waiting
for Godot
Roll:No:12
Date:-14:10:2013

2. About Absurd Theater
Influence of Camus and Sartre (existentialism)
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pessimistic view of man’s existence=
no purpose at all in man’s life, totally absurd
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After 2 world wars, in a world with no religion, with no belief  Man is lost
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A BIG existential question
WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF HUMAN EXISTENCE????

3. How many Authors in Absurd
Theater ??????????
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Samuel Beckett
Eugene Lonesco
Jean Genet
Harold Pinter
Tom Stoppard
Friedrich
Durrenmatt
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Alejandro Jodorowsky
Fernando Arrabal
Vaclav Havel
Edard Aalbee

4. About Samuel Beckett
Born :
13 April, 1906
Died :
22 December,1989

5. Facing a universe without God and without meaning or purpose.

6. Absurdity in Waiting for Godot
• Vladimir : Let's go.
• Estaragon : Let's go.
(They both dont move.)

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Estragon:why don't we hang ourselves?
Vladimir:with what?
Estragon:you haven't got a bit of rope?
Vladimir:no
Estragon:then we can't
Vladimir:oh,wait,there is my belt
Vladimir:it's too short
Estragon:you could hang on to my legs
Vladimir:and who would hang onto
mine?
Estragon:true

8. • Vladimir : Where are your
boots?
• Estragon : I must have thrown
them away.
• Vladimir : When?
• Estrgon : I don't know.
• Vladimir : Why?
• Estragon : (Exasperated). I don't
know why I don't know!
• Vladimir : No, I mean why did
you throw them away?

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Estragone:What is it?
Vladimir:I don't know. A
willow.
Estragon:(Looking at the
tree).What is it?
Vladimir:It's tree.
Estragon:Yes, but what
kind?
Vladimir:I dont't know. A
willow.
D:Videos on EducationWaiting for Godot2.mp4

10. Thank you........