Exploring a Static Situation: Waiting for Godot does not tell a story. It explores a static situation. Nothing happens, nobody comes, nobody goes, it’s awful. On a country road, by a tree two old tramps, Vladimir and Estragon are waiting. That is opening situation at the beginning of Act 1. At the end of Act … Read more
The Chief Traits of French Drama: Absurd drama is the drama which treats human life and human situation as absurd, unfit or foolish. The absurd dramatist takes things rationally and not romantically. It is a drama without traditional plot, story, or division into acts and scenes. It has fewest possible characters. In this type of … Read more
Waiting for Godot, Having Religious Element: Waiting for Godot, an absurd drama as it is, has an unmistakably religious element. When Beckett was once asked to comment on the play Waiting for Godot, he quoted from St. Augustine: “Do not despair: one of the thieves was saved. Do not presume: one of the thieves was … Read more