International Literary Journal (LLILJ) Vol.3/ NO.2/Autumn 2013 Theorizing the Absurd: Waiting for Godot Sixty Years After Vijay Kumar Rai Abstract The term Absurd is essentially impregnated with various human conditions and situations arousing absurdity and is necessarily present in the post world war generation. Life has become bitter sweet or „life in death and death in life‟ to the coming generation. This human predicament sprouted its spears during 1920s‚ developed during 1940s and perpetuated
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Human beings are born everyday and when brought into this world‚ the only wish many parents have for them is to pursue their dreams and be themselves. This life can be absurd at times‚ but containing the absurdity and making life realistic is the ultimate goal. The world thrives off human existence as well as individuality. Human beings are taught to behave a certain way and are encouraged to stick to the status quo. By sticking to the status quo‚ they are to take on responsibility and accept what
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Sisyphus is his chief work on the subject. In it‚ Camus considers absurdity as a confrontation‚ an opposition‚ a conflict or a "divorce" between two ideals. Specifically‚ he defines the human condition as absurd‚ as the confrontation between man’s desire for significance‚ meaning and clarity on the one hand – and the silent‚ cold universe on the other. He continues that there are specific human experiences evoking notions of absurdity. Such a realization or encounter with the absurd leaves the individual
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Cited: Lipsitz‚ George. “We Know What Time It Is” Grossberg‚ Lawrence. Cinema and the Representation of Youth’s Alienation Krieger‚ Barbara Jo. Dialogue and Discovery New York: St.Martins Press‚ 1996.
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“This is your phone. Never answer your phone.” (50); this story is about the absurdities of the work place. Orozco placed this statement purposefully in the first paragraph to get the readers’ attention‚ and to direct it through the absurd work expectations‚ the absurd work environment‚ and to allow us to see the wide variety of social absurdities we can find in the work place. Orozco is trying to show the absurdities put on senseless expectations at work. Such emphasis is given to the most pointless
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New phases of experience frequently bring about growth and change in one’s life. As one experiences new stages in their life‚ change is an inherent part of moving ‘into the world’. Willy Russell’s play Educating Rita‚ shows us that attitude is important for change and growing ‘into the world’. The new experiences can be problematic but it’s up to the individual to prevail and conquer. It demonstrates to us that change involves taking risks leading to positive consequences of change. Opening
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I was little. Some of the fears I acquired were due to prevailing gossips and unfounded tales talked about by the people who were close to me - friends‚ cousins and my parents. But as I mature into my teenage years‚ I realised the folly and absurdities of my fears. In fact‚ some of them were so ludicrous like lurking monsters under my bed and demon-like character that brutally attacked anyone during Halloween. But at such a tender age‚ these fears seemed real to me and no one‚ not even my parents
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Throughout the novel‚ Heller exhibits Yossarian’s thought of the hospital as a place of protection from the absurdities of war. When Yossarian is voluntary in the hospital for a second time‚ Heller notes that “few people died unnecessarily. People knew a lot more about dying inside the hospital and made a much neater‚ more orderly job out of it. They couldn’t dominate
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friends and family aspects of Camus’s philosophy of the “absurd” can be uncovered. On the surface‚ Meursault’s apathy and indifference signify not a failed man‚ but an fully‚ self-aware absurd one however; it is not until Meursault is faced with the absurdity of the human condition during his murder trial and subsequent death sentencing that he truly develops into the “absurd hero”. At the core of the Camusian notion of the “absurd” is the claim that there is a fundamental struggle between what one
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Golden Rule Of Interpretation-Comparision Between English Law And Indian Law INTRODUCTION The golden rule is that the words of a statute must prima facie be given their ordinary meaning. It is yet another rule of construction that when the words of the statute are clear‚ plain and unambiguous‚ then the courts are bound to give effect to that meaning‚ irrespective of the consequences. It is said that the words themselves best declare the intention of the law-giver. In law‚ the
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