Theatre of the Absurd

the lion. Bottom says he will roar terribly to which the other laborers reply: “That would hang us, every mother’s son” (Cohen, p.821). Shakespearean audience would have laughed at the laborers’ fear of scaring the noble ladies. Those worries were absurd and probably would have been viewed as Puritan concerns. In Act 3, scene 1, Bottom makes another such remark. The play which the mechanicals are going to perform involves suicides and the use of sword, so the laborers find that the weapons would…

Film has radically changed during the course of history. These changes can be linked to the effects of America’s historical, social, and technological advancements. Throughout film’s evolution in story, design, and production, there remains some constants. Form and content has changed dramatically in movies. The content of film has increased in variation, as over time freedom for the screen grew as regulations became more relaxed. The film’s form has constantly been improved over time to present…

a mob that challenges the existence of order! The character, Ben, merely being part of the Confederacy represents political dissonance that threatens the harmony between the North and the South. Ben is cast as the hero of The Clansman. So isn’t it absurd for the White populace in this novel to fear Black people for the very same reason they praise the White…

The preface of Miss Julie also develops the aesthetics of the modern theatre which as a result presents a showcase of the naturalist theatre. Within the ‘Preface’, readers are propelled to get an understanding of the play basing on the co-existence of naturalism. This therefore structures the entire play and stresses the significance of the dialectic. The…

Futurism (Craft). The name Dada is known to have been selected at random from a dictionary, this supports the nonsense of the whole idea of the movement, plus it is considered a being “baby talk” (Young). It was very diverse, starting from poetry, theatre, painting, photography, sculpture and collage. The characteristics of Dada art was known by its way of ridiculing nationalism and materialistic attitudes. It became a big influence for other artists in other cities like Paris, New York and…

younger, of Drury Lane Theater, London, and Edmund Kean the elder, of the Royal Haymarket Theatre, Whitechapel, Pudding Lane, Piccadilly, London” (116). Society is deceived when the king and the duke refer to themselves as world renowned tragedians because they are not actually professional tragedians. The two are only seeking profit from the show and to accomplish that, they are lying about their roles at the theatres stated on the bills in London where they have performed. The king and the…

we are reminded of Benedicks supposed knowledge and views towards marriage. Brannagh decided to remove Benedicks line as it perhaps didn’t fit in the film adaptation or the overly dramatic effect was needed. However, the 2011 Shakespeare’s globe theatre performance justifies the humorous elements of this scene well, as we see Benedick awkwardly positioned at the end of the stage, addressing to the audience his thoughts about how “it looks not like a nuptial.” This gives a stark contrast to the…

given contemporary edge by the presence of social issues. Thus, as a parallel to the failure of communication within marriage there is a division created between the lifestyles of the two couples. The only way for George and Martha to embrace their absurd marriage and preserve their limited amount of happiness is by changing their reality through the conception of an imaginary child. The absurdity refers to the pessimistic view of humanity struggling to find a purpose, humans find a sense of…

Consumerism in critical contexts is used to describe a tendency of people to identify strongly with the products and services they consume, especially those with the commercial brands and status symbol. Andreas Eisengerich and Yoshio Miyamoto in Harvard Business Review believe that, “in Consumerism can take extreme forms such that consumers sacrifice significant time and income not only to purchase but also to actively support a certain firm or brand.”(30) The people who oppose consumerism argue…

Art critic Clement Greenberg once said, “I don’t see art as having ever, in a real sense, affected the course of human affairs.” The sentiment here is that any “art” which has an impact on the world becomes propaganda or craft. However, the people who postulate this sentiment are the ones who use art for the crudest of purposes: the art market. It’s the same logic as saying that education has no purpose outside the world of work and consumption. When art becomes liberated from the demands of the…