@scottluvsjenna For the bigger picture, I found Martin Esslin's "The Theatre of the Absurd" pretty enlightening! Also try Camus' "The Myth of Sisyphus".
The entire point of Beckett's plays is that you can't make sense of them. They won't EXPLAIN but DISPLAY life in a senseless world. Why? Simple: There IS no explaination! That's what makes the human impulse to look for one (in technical terms) absurd. The only thing left to do is to face and live with the absurd, knowing that there's no escape.
@scottluvsjenna Too bad I couldn't help you! Good timing never was one of the qualities I bragged about having - at least not on record! ;-)
I still have issues with this, too. But that's Beckett's way of making the audience aware of the absurdity in the lives of their own: Showing the audience that all their expectations (=reason / explaination) about what they will see (=drama and/or life) are use- and pointless.
@scottluvsjenna In France, we also have to read and analyse it, for the Baccalauréat.
First, I was like you, I hated it, but i've read it several time, and i have some suppositions about the story. Sorry but i don't speak english fluently, so i can't help you :/
I keep hearing how great his work is. I don't see it. It's like taking sleeping pill....boring.
borne1 7 months ago
@borne1 Yeah its genre isn't action you know.
SophisticatedLunatic 3 months ago
@SophisticatedLunatic He's not saying it's action, he just finds it boring. I agree with him.
AliminiumHydroxide 1 month ago
This is crap. I could get really high and come up with garbage like this.
peanuthead1111 10 months ago
@peanuthead1111 Then go do it.
progrockcoffee 8 months ago
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@peanuthead1111 naturally, no one believes you.
Iamsambeckett 4 months ago
incoherent
vanesoxeso 1 year ago
Oh roughly, roughly.... BANG! In the center! lol
striznane 1 year ago
We have to read this play for Theater class. And I HATE IT! I don't understand a thing. Why would people live in DUSTBINS?! Are they crazy, or what?
scottluvsjenna 1 year ago
@scottluvsjenna For the bigger picture, I found Martin Esslin's "The Theatre of the Absurd" pretty enlightening! Also try Camus' "The Myth of Sisyphus".
The entire point of Beckett's plays is that you can't make sense of them. They won't EXPLAIN but DISPLAY life in a senseless world. Why? Simple: There IS no explaination! That's what makes the human impulse to look for one (in technical terms) absurd. The only thing left to do is to face and live with the absurd, knowing that there's no escape.
zackdolore 1 year ago
@zackdolore If only you had replied when I posted this comment. I was writing a paper and this--- U! would've been a great help at that time.
Thanks anyway.
scottluvsjenna 1 year ago
@scottluvsjenna Too bad I couldn't help you! Good timing never was one of the qualities I bragged about having - at least not on record! ;-)
I still have issues with this, too. But that's Beckett's way of making the audience aware of the absurdity in the lives of their own: Showing the audience that all their expectations (=reason / explaination) about what they will see (=drama and/or life) are use- and pointless.
zackdolore 1 year ago
@scottluvsjenna In France, we also have to read and analyse it, for the Baccalauréat.
First, I was like you, I hated it, but i've read it several time, and i have some suppositions about the story. Sorry but i don't speak english fluently, so i can't help you :/
hugodudes 1 year ago
@hugodudes Hey! Thanks, anyway.
PS: I still hate it. :P
scottluvsjenna 1 year ago 2
@scottluvsjenna it's called Theatre of the absurd :P
alexandra2921able 3 weeks ago
@alexandra2921able God. I really don't wanna live in this kinda world... lol
scottluvsjenna 3 weeks ago
Do you want a biscuit? lol
ZSeXtreme 1 year ago
@ZSeXtreme i'm eating rich tea biscuits while watching this :P
wildvenisson 1 year ago