Watching and Waiting

Lighting the Olympic Torch In the image I see two women in front of four other women on the background all of them wearing white dresses and sandals that look similar to those worn during the Roman empire period. One of the women who is in the front is kneeling down with both of her hands stretched out with a bowl that is ignited towards the other women, who is a leader or an important figure. The image demonstrates her as a leader role by her standing up while the woman with the bowl is kneeling down and the rest of the woman are in the background aligned. The leader is also lighting the olympic torch as shown by the name of the picture. Based on the surrounding and background of the picture they are in an ancient Roman ruins. The setting…

Tom Stoppard’s Postmodernism: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead In the aftermath of World War II, a change in theatre took place. Due to the recent war and colonization, the public began to “question authority, challenge precedent, and debunk mythologies associated with power and prestige.” This is evident in the world of theatre because working class themes and the idea of an anti-hero developed. This working class anti-hero reflected the public desire to confront the oppressive nature in…

However, Beckett’s play is serious and grim, much different than Stoppard comedic tragedy. This difference may have to do with the personal background of each playwright. Tom Stoppard was a child during the outbreak of World War II but Samuel Beckett was an active member of the French Resistance. As an Irishman helping the French, Beckett fearfully watched WWII much like his characters Vladimir and Estragon fearfully watched the episodes of Pozzo and Lucky. In contrast, Stoppard was a child…

Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett is a modernist play that is often used as a prime example of theatre of absurd. The absurd within theatrical literature is defined by themes of purposelessness and bewilderment, with limited characterization seen and a disjointed, incomprehensible plot. In the article Waiting is All by Ruby Cohn, she explains how Beckett uses these absurdist values to create dramatic tension, without having noteworthy characters or any semblance of a progressive story. Cohn…

Service Paper First of all the full service dining restaurant I choose to dine at was Olive Garden in Holly Springs with my family. When we ate dinner there it was a Friday night around seven pm it was pretty busy when we walked in and there were people sitting inside and outside waiting for their names to be called. The service started out great; there were three hostesses standing behind the host counter and they were all wearing black shirts and pants as their uniforms. They all had smiles on…

Beckett always averts to clarify and explain more about his characters beyond what is written by him in Waiting For Godot(1953). The characters in Waiting For Godot(1953) are divided mainly into seen characters like: Estragon, Vladimir, Pozzo, Lucky and the little boy; and unseen characters as: the little boy 's brother and Mr. Godot. Estragon and Vladimir, the two dear friends, are viewed as the contrary of each other. As Vladimir is the wise, cultured and smart, whereas Estragon is…

This short story takes place in a café. It is a night and the café is empty, except an old, deaf man and two waiters, talking about him. The young waiter wants him to leave the café so he could go home, but the old one is more understanding. When the old man „asks“ for another brandy, the young says that they are closing. When he is gone, the waiters resume their discussion. The young wants to hurry home to his wife, whereas the old waiter is one „of those who like to stay late in the café“. The…

opposites attract, Yin and Yang, light and dark, day and night. But sometimes opposite contradict. With thousands of books out there being published everyday there are those that might be different but have significant similarities or even those that have similarities and significant difference, however there are also books out there that have no similarities and yet contradict. In Henry David Thoreau’s biography about his walden experiment we learned about the importance of simplicity, being…

There is a major contrast between the way in which the settings of Translations and Stuff Happens are described in addition to the number of places that feature. For example, in Stuff Happens David Hare frequently changes the setting with generally brief descriptions of Hotel Pierre, Camp David and many other locations, cohering with the play’s chaotic style and numerous characters. The stage directions in Stuff Happens are shorter than in Translations and usually fixate on the characters and…

1) In my opinion I think that older waiter is so slow and unwilling to go to bed because the fact that he suffers from insomnia. I believe that he is (based on what's seen or what seems obvious) holding/hiding/giving shelter to some form of guilt of something that affected him in his earlier years. Weather her he did something, either something bad happened to him andscarred him. This Nada refrain shows the old waiter has had some (having to do with human existence) terribly unfair treatment…