After all, the play reveals that Beckett succeeded in assembling between Existentialism and religion creating one of the most absurd play in the history of literature. This work aims to juxtapose these views rather than highlighting the various reading of the play by analyzing it through philosophical view concentrating on how Beckett employed and reflect existentialism in literature, then set off the religious allegory that are founded within the play providing evidences from Beckett’s oeuvre. The play is regarded as an ambiguous piece of art, as the critics debated whether it is existential or religious. Beckett in this work presents a clear picture of human existence together with the issue of beliefs by emphasizing on the figure of Godot, and the relations between the characters: Estragon and Vladimir, Pozzo and lucky. Keywords- Antithetical themes Modernist play Post-War play Existentialism Theater of the Absurd God and Godot “Waiting for Godot”.Ībstract Since the first performance of Samuel Beckett’s master piece Waiting for Godot the play suffered various remarks and comments. This thesis focuses particularly on the relationships of the two main characters, Vladimir and Estragon, the servant Lucky’s speech, the figure of Godot, and the use of paradox. By applying his philosophical theories to various aspects of Waiting for Godot, one can see how several common readings of the play relate.
Kierkegaard’s writings, however, were Christian in nature rather than atheistic. Soren Kierkegaard, often called the Father of Existentialism, authored multiple works that influenced modern existentialist writers such as Jean-Paul Sartre and Albert Camus. By reading the play within the context of Religious Existentialism, new insights are uncovered as to what the play may be saying about the existential dilemma. This thesis recognizes the importance as well as the significance of human existence and the purpose of human life. The play is commonly interpreted within the context of the Existentialist literature, Christian allegory or mockery of religious dogmas. This research paper also deals with the antithetical element regarding the existence of God. The conducivenesses dealt with are : 1) the prevalence of horror and atrocities precipitated by Godot the master while the slaves are waiting for him a gamut of years in the 'Cacon' Country, 2) the ostensible susceptibility to servitude Vladimir and Estragon show accordingly and 3) the coercive riddance of their human rights in favour of the sole master.ĪBSTRACT The research paper is about the anti-religious themes regarding the existence of God in the play “waiting for Godot” written by Samuel Beckett. As such the study could reveal yet other three hidden knots or conducivenesses' detected only in this way of reading the unseen of the peripheral 'plot' such conducivenesses of the invisible vassalage would spot light on the two faces of the coin: Godot's hegemony in relation to Vladimir and Estragon as well as their ultimate servitude. The study proposes a supposition that the process initiated to ruminate the visible will be conducive to trace the invisible through juxtaposing certain staged aspects (three in number) in the former to their hypothetically unstaged counterparts in the latter. The study is to plumb deep amid layers of illusion that should be pruned off altogether in order to sort out the two vassalages apart.
The Study deals with two sorts of Vassalage bond supposed to be in Waiting for Godot : One is visible in the nucleus -'plot' of Pozzo, the master and Lucky, the slave, the other invisible, mute and unstaged underlaying peripheral 'plot' of Vadimir and Estragon as two undeclared slaves in relation to Godot.
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