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What is Existentialism? Existentialism movement arouses in 19th century Europe; it became especially prominent in the mid 20th century. Existentialists are concerns with the problem of living life as a human being, they rejects systems which purpose to have definitive answers to the question of meaning and purpose in life. Kierkegaard is generally considered to have been the first existentialist philosopher, though he did not use the term existentialism. We can say that it is central theme of Waiting for Godot.
What is the theme of The Myth of Sisyphus? Once during Indian Poetics’ lecture at that time Vinod sir also told us about Myth of Sisyphus.
Camus mainly focus on man’s futile search for meaning and unity, Camus sees Sisyphus as the absurd hero who lives life to the fullest, hates death and daily doing same meaningless task. And that meaninglessness of Sisyphus’ working is itself meaningful and that is the theme. One more thing Camus answering here that; does the realization of the absurd require suicide? Do you agree that Existentialism is Humanism?
Humanism: is the secular cultural and intellectual movement of the Renaissance that spread throughout Europe as a result of the rediscovery of the arts and philosophy of the ancient Greeks and Romans.
Existentialism: is Philosophical movement centered on individual existence: a philosophical movement begun in the 19th century that denies that the universe has any intrinsic meaning or purpose. (Encarta dictionary)
Both are different it is name of lecture “Is existentialism a humanism” by Jean Paul Sartre in 1945, because in both there is philosophy of ancient Greek.
What is Übermensch? It is the term Übermensch, often translated as Superman or Overman, was not invented by Nietzsche.
What is Theater of Absurd? ‘The Theatre of the Absurd' has become a catch-phrase, much used and much abused. Idea was given by Martin Esslin; it is theory of life’s meaninglessness Danish philosopher Kierkegaard wrote extensively on the absurdity of the world. It is related to existentialism and nihilism. Pinter, Becket and many writers wrote on the absurdism.
Tree is important in both act writer intentionally put; it gave very symbolic meaning, in the second act leaves are sprouting means leaves as a “hope” for Vladimir and Estragon for them hope for Godot will come.
Both acts end when night fall and moon rise; the situation is same in both act but it also have symbolic meaning that night represent death; another meaning is that like moon their waiting never end.
Play opens with ‘Nothing to be done.’ But here nothingness is means that something to be done so nothing itself is action. It recalls the line of T.S.Eliot’s ‘nothing’ means ‘something’. Repetition of the word nothing to be done.
Yes I am agree that “The play (Waiting for Godot), we agreed, was a positive play, not negative, not pessimistic. As I saw it, with my blood and skin and eyes, the philosophy is: 'No matter what— atom bombs, hydrogen bombs, anything—life goes on. You can kill yourself, but you can't kill life."
It shows reality of life that if you can kill yourself life is goes on you can’t kill it.
Hat and Boot are very symbolical because they related with character;
Hat-Vladimir-it shows his mind-higher
Boot-Estragon- it shows his body-lower
Do you think that the obedience of Lucky is extremely irritating and nauseatic? Even when the master Pozzo is blind, he obediently hands the whip in his hand. Do you think that such a capacity of slavishness is unbelievable?
Yes Lucky’s obedience is extremely irritating; we can’t understand that how he is so obedient, what is the meaning behind that for Lucky we can say that his behaviour is unbearable, Lucky and Pozzo’s characters shows us relationship between master and slave but it is extreme level of slavery what Lucky represent.
There is no particular idea for Godot; we can take it as God or desire or death because Vladimir and Estragon waiting for God or may be death, one must be free to interpret. Sound of Godot is also similar way of God.
Subject is not Godot but Waiting both the character throughout the play waiting for something may be death, God, success but nobody comes their waiting represent the title of the play, so their waiting is endless.
Do you think that plays like this can better be ‘read’ than ‘viewed’ as it requires a lot of thinking on the part of readers, while viewing, the torrent of dialogues does not give ample time and space to ‘think’? Or is it that the audio-visuals help in better understanding of the play?
Yes play can better be read than viewed because when we read many ideas or questions arise in mind while viewing that type of possibility is less, only reading is the best way to understand the things.
I like this sequence more: Vladimir – Estragon killing time in questions and conversations while waiting, Pozzo – Lucky episode in both acts.
Did you feel the effect of existential crisis or meaninglessness of human existence in the irrational and indifference Universe during screening of the movie?
Yes here we are shown existential crisis we can say that Vladimir and Estragon’s waiting is endless and meaningless at the same way human existence in the universe because existentialist believe in that idea, and it shows something symbolically truth about life.
How do you read this idea of suicide in Existentialism?
Idea of suicide in one video there is questions like why don’t we commit suicide? And answer is our instinct of life is much greater than our reason for death. This line gave us idea one more line prove this point that “An elegant suicide is an ultimate work of art” it’s an art of eluding so here Vladimir and Estragon talks about commit suicide but they do not so means they avoid it.
What is Existentialism? Existentialism movement arouses in 19th century Europe; it became especially prominent in the mid 20th century. Existentialists are concerns with the problem of living life as a human being, they rejects systems which purpose to have definitive answers to the question of meaning and purpose in life. Kierkegaard is generally considered to have been the first existentialist philosopher, though he did not use the term existentialism. We can say that it is central theme of Waiting for Godot.
What is the theme of The Myth of Sisyphus? Once during Indian Poetics’ lecture at that time Vinod sir also told us about Myth of Sisyphus.
Camus mainly focus on man’s futile search for meaning and unity, Camus sees Sisyphus as the absurd hero who lives life to the fullest, hates death and daily doing same meaningless task. And that meaninglessness of Sisyphus’ working is itself meaningful and that is the theme. One more thing Camus answering here that; does the realization of the absurd require suicide? Do you agree that Existentialism is Humanism?
Humanism: is the secular cultural and intellectual movement of the Renaissance that spread throughout Europe as a result of the rediscovery of the arts and philosophy of the ancient Greeks and Romans.
Existentialism: is Philosophical movement centered on individual existence: a philosophical movement begun in the 19th century that denies that the universe has any intrinsic meaning or purpose. (Encarta dictionary)
Both are different it is name of lecture “Is existentialism a humanism” by Jean Paul Sartre in 1945, because in both there is philosophy of ancient Greek.
What is Übermensch? It is the term Übermensch, often translated as Superman or Overman, was not invented by Nietzsche.
What is Theater of Absurd? ‘The Theatre of the Absurd' has become a catch-phrase, much used and much abused. Idea was given by Martin Esslin; it is theory of life’s meaninglessness Danish philosopher Kierkegaard wrote extensively on the absurdity of the world. It is related to existentialism and nihilism. Pinter, Becket and many writers wrote on the absurdism.
Tree is important in both act writer intentionally put; it gave very symbolic meaning, in the second act leaves are sprouting means leaves as a “hope” for Vladimir and Estragon for them hope for Godot will come.
Both acts end when night fall and moon rise; the situation is same in both act but it also have symbolic meaning that night represent death; another meaning is that like moon their waiting never end.
Play opens with ‘Nothing to be done.’ But here nothingness is means that something to be done so nothing itself is action. It recalls the line of T.S.Eliot’s ‘nothing’ means ‘something’. Repetition of the word nothing to be done.
Yes I am agree that “The play (Waiting for Godot), we agreed, was a positive play, not negative, not pessimistic. As I saw it, with my blood and skin and eyes, the philosophy is: 'No matter what— atom bombs, hydrogen bombs, anything—life goes on. You can kill yourself, but you can't kill life."
It shows reality of life that if you can kill yourself life is goes on you can’t kill it.
Hat and Boot are very symbolical because they related with character;
Hat-Vladimir-it shows his mind-higher
Boot-Estragon- it shows his body-lower
Do you think that the obedience of Lucky is extremely irritating and nauseatic? Even when the master Pozzo is blind, he obediently hands the whip in his hand. Do you think that such a capacity of slavishness is unbelievable?
Yes Lucky’s obedience is extremely irritating; we can’t understand that how he is so obedient, what is the meaning behind that for Lucky we can say that his behaviour is unbearable, Lucky and Pozzo’s characters shows us relationship between master and slave but it is extreme level of slavery what Lucky represent.
There is no particular idea for Godot; we can take it as God or desire or death because Vladimir and Estragon waiting for God or may be death, one must be free to interpret. Sound of Godot is also similar way of God.
Subject is not Godot but Waiting both the character throughout the play waiting for something may be death, God, success but nobody comes their waiting represent the title of the play, so their waiting is endless.
Do you think that plays like this can better be ‘read’ than ‘viewed’ as it requires a lot of thinking on the part of readers, while viewing, the torrent of dialogues does not give ample time and space to ‘think’? Or is it that the audio-visuals help in better understanding of the play?
Yes play can better be read than viewed because when we read many ideas or questions arise in mind while viewing that type of possibility is less, only reading is the best way to understand the things.
I like this sequence more: Vladimir – Estragon killing time in questions and conversations while waiting, Pozzo – Lucky episode in both acts.
Did you feel the effect of existential crisis or meaninglessness of human existence in the irrational and indifference Universe during screening of the movie?
Yes here we are shown existential crisis we can say that Vladimir and Estragon’s waiting is endless and meaningless at the same way human existence in the universe because existentialist believe in that idea, and it shows something symbolically truth about life.
How do you read this idea of suicide in Existentialism?
Idea of suicide in one video there is questions like why don’t we commit suicide? And answer is our instinct of life is much greater than our reason for death. This line gave us idea one more line prove this point that “An elegant suicide is an ultimate work of art” it’s an art of eluding so here Vladimir and Estragon talks about commit suicide but they do not so means they avoid it.
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