Postmodernism: Waiting for Godot
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Samuel Beckett’s “Waiting for Godot” greatly depicts the concept of postmodernism through its major characters Estragon and Vladimir.
The main characters in the play primarily depict the concept of having “hope” in a situation which does not seem to give hope. The play is basically about two men, Estragon and Vladimir, waiting for a man named Godot. Throughout their waiting time, the only thing they do is to make the time pass by doing things that would practically entertain them.
The title of the play literally means what is says. However, this could also be associated with the act of waiting itself. Technically, the play depicts the idea of waiting for someone who is not coming. Godot, whoever he is, does not arrive throughout the entire play. He is never present and never introduced. He is practically a figure which represents the things or person whom most of the people want to meet. Waiting, in a larger scale, entails hope and patience. This fictional work by Samuel Beckett greatly represents the reality that happens to most people in the real world.
The postmodernist theory is widely used in literature. Beckett, for that matter, uses this concept and integrates it into his major characters, Estragon and Vladimir. Postmodernism is considered to be a break from the 19th century realism. In this concept, a story is told from an objective or omniscient point of view. Technically, the postmodernist theory deals with the turn of external reality into an inner state of consciousness. This means, therefore, that Beckett’s use of postmodernism in his character means that these characters unconsciously show and manifest their inner consciousness through the things that they do.
The postmodernist Vladimir, as Beckett introduces him, is the matured one. He seems to be more of the leader in the tandem. He seems to be more responsible and
http://stargazingshrew.wordpress.com/2009/01/07/postmodernism-waiting-for-godot/
Samuel Beckett’s “Waiting for Godot” greatly depicts the concept of postmodernism through its major characters Estragon and Vladimir.
The main characters in the play primarily depict the concept of having “hope” in a situation which does not seem to give hope. The play is basically about two men, Estragon and Vladimir, waiting for a man named Godot. Throughout their waiting time, the only thing they do is to make the time pass by doing things that would practically entertain them.
The title of the play literally means what is says. However, this could also be associated with the act of waiting itself. Technically, the play depicts the idea of waiting for someone who is not coming. Godot, whoever he is, does not arrive throughout the entire play. He is never present and never introduced. He is practically a figure which represents the things or person whom most of the people want to meet. Waiting, in a larger scale, entails hope and patience. This fictional work by Samuel Beckett greatly represents the reality that happens to most people in the real world.
The postmodernist theory is widely used in literature. Beckett, for that matter, uses this concept and integrates it into his major characters, Estragon and Vladimir. Postmodernism is considered to be a break from the 19th century realism. In this concept, a story is told from an objective or omniscient point of view. Technically, the postmodernist theory deals with the turn of external reality into an inner state of consciousness. This means, therefore, that Beckett’s use of postmodernism in his character means that these characters unconsciously show and manifest their inner consciousness through the things that they do.
The postmodernist Vladimir, as Beckett introduces him, is the matured one. He seems to be more of the leader in the tandem. He seems to be more responsible and