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Summary DRAMA IEB KEY POINTS: WAITING FOR GODOT

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This document saved me in my matric year! It has the most important key points on Waiting for Godot, as well as analysis on each character and themes. It also includes quotes!!

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  • November 11, 2024
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  • 2023/2024
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Waiting For Godot
Key Points
IEB
Dramatic Arts

,WAITING FOR GODOT- SAMUAL
BECKETT

Terminology
· Nihilism (Nietzche) “God is dead”
· Brechtian theatre:
1. narrator
2. speaking to audiences
3. didactic
4. character
5. Characters are representational
·
Existentialism: pessimistic view of man’s
existence= no purpose at all in man’s life,
totally absurd ( what is the purpose of
human existence)
· Surrealism:
1. Plots are often non-linear or even circular.
2. depicts the subconscious experience.
3. moody tone and disjointed structure

, 4. sometimes imposing a unifying idea.


Absurdism - Absurdist Tragicomedy.

De nition: Theatre of the Absurd is a label
given to irrational, illogical plays that often
feature extreme exaggerations, surrealism and
symbolism to make a point about our chaotic
world or the meaninglessness of life.

· Unusual form of plays: directly aim to startle
the viewer and shake him out of his
comfortable, conventional life of everyday
concerns.
· Surreal, illogical, pointless
· Sabotages logic. Enjoys the unexpected
and logically.
· Impossible
· Presents a pattern of poetic images, uses
visual elements, movement, light.
· Lyrical theatre which uses abstract scenic
effects
· Nothing is accomplished and nothing
gained.



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