Lucky Dube

American writer, historian, and philosopher, Will Durant once said "So the story of man runs in a dreary circle, because he is not yet master of the earth that holds him." The earth or concept, rather, that holds man in a dreary cycle in this case is Time because it is an important concept. Time in literature is important to understand because it seems to play such a vital role of texts and helps the reader understand them better. Not only that, time can also be seen as an underlying theme that

Vladimir (Didi) and Estragon (Gogo), awaiting the arrival of someone named Godot. While they wait, two more men arrive: there is the tyrannical Pozzo whom at first Didi and Gogo mistake for Godot, and his slave, Lucky, who can 'dance ' and 'think ' for the audience. After Pozzo and Lucky depart, a small boy who pretends working for Godot appears to

Courtney Lee Second Draft Written Assignment In Waiting for Godot, a simplistic view can be applied which makes the play frustrating and seemingly worthless, which exemplifies how different views can be applied to different pieces of literature. If an existentialist view is applied to the play, it is easy to see how the nothingness that fills the main characters’ lives can be connected to the readers’ own lives and how the play exposes the lack of meaning thrust upon them. In Samuel Beckett’s

In the times leading up to, during, and after World War I the world changed. As a reflection of that change writers began experimenting with perspective, time and order, form, etc. Literature wasn’t as straightforward; there were metaphors within metaphors, stories without clear beginnings middles and ends, poets used mixed meters and free verse became common becoming what is known as the modernist era. Around World War II the same thing happened again, but taken to the extreme. This was known as

The purpose of human life is an unanswerable question. It seems impossible to find an answer because we don 't know where to begin looking or whom to ask. Existence, to us, seems to be something imposed upon us by an unknown force. There is no apparent meaning to it, and yet we suffer as a result of it. The world seems utterly chaotic. We therefore try to impose meaning on it through pattern and fabricated purposes to distract ourselves from the fact that our situation is hopelessly unfathomable

even worthwhile. When Pozzo and Lucky appear, the play complicates authentic thinking, or the contemplation of one’s existence, through Pozzo’s suppression of Lucky and Lucky’s enslavement to the suppositions of others. Pozzo is unable to produce his own thoughts and is preoccupied with how he is perceived by others, constantly asking Estragon and Vladimir their opinion of him; he acts as a host or entertainer, asking himself if “it is enough” (30). Whereas Lucky is the entertainment itself, “tangled

How does one bring true meaning into their lives today? Whether it is by traveling to new, exotic places, finding love, helping others, or just by enjoying the simple things in life, there exists many ways one can fulfill this goal and feel a sense of accomplishment resulting from it. This is a critical idea that is portrayed in the tragicomedy Waiting For Godot by Samuel Beckett. This play details the story of Vladimir and Estragon, who must wait for a mysterious figure named Godot and encounter

Theatre of the absurd is one of the prominent schools of drama which flourished during the twentieth century. Absurd plays usually convey the believe that human existence is pointless and life is irrational, meaningless, and futile. Therefore, they illustrate humanity’s correspondence to the absurdity of the world especially after the two destructive world wars. Although people struggle to give life meaning, their inability to find any led them to experience anxiety and confusion. As a result, people

othello was a tradgic play. it shows many different types of feeling inWithout Trust, Love Cannot Prevail Trust can be defined as assured reliance on the character, ability, strength, or truth of someone or something (Webster's 1246). In life many people are faced with the decision on who or who not to trust, especially in the realm of love. Trust is one of the main factors needed to determine a healthy, loving relationship. In William Shakespeare's Othello, the main character Othello is unable

In Waiting for Godot, Samuel Beckett produces a truly cryptic work. On first analyzing the play, one is not sure of what, if anything, happens or of the title character's significance. In attempting to unravel the themes of the play, interpreters have extracted a wide variety symbolism from the Godot's name. Some, taking an obvious hint, have proposed that Godot represents God and that the play is centered on religious symbolism. Others have taken the name as deriving from the French word for a boot