WHY “WAITING FOR

GODOT” IS CONSIDERED
AS AN ABSURD THEATRE?

Presenter
Fabashshir Tahsin Dola
Id: M190102608
Batch: 8th
WHAT IS “THE THEATER OF THE
ABSURD”?

 The theatre of absurd known as “the new theatre”

 Martin Esslin
 Theatre of absurd origin-gated from Dadaism, nonsense poetry and avant - grade art
 Intended to shock the audience
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE THEATRE
OF THE ABSURD

 Lack of plot
 Meaningless life
 Hopelessness in characters
 Different from traditional drama
 Unexplained ending
LACK OF PLOT
 No beginning, climax or ending
 Same place and time
 Unexplained story
 Nothingness and emptyness
MEANINGLESS OF LIFE
 Play starts with a negative condition
 Not aware of Godot
 Passing time for waiting
 Repetation of nature
PORTRAYAL OF THE CHARACTER

 Don’t engage themselves in a motivated action

 Waiting for Godot who may not even exist
 Change in Pozzo and Lucky
DIFFERENT FROM TRADITIONAL
DRAMA
 No use of interesting plot
 No sense of story
 No use of fantasy and poetic language
ABSURD ENDING
 No satisfaction
 Here ending is not conclusion
 Unexplained ending
 A play gives confusion and problems but no solution
CONCLUSION