Tuesday, December 16, 2014

How does Macbeth by Shakespeare and Waiting for Godot by Beckett & Oedipus the king offer social criticism of the societies they depict?If you look...

The two main characters in Waiting for Godot represent
humankind waiting for God to answer their prayers. Beckett's play makes several
commentaries on society, but the one that resonates the most with me is the questioning
of why individuals are willing to be blind followers instead of taking action with
and/or in their lives.


The two guys "waiting" do the same
thing every day, in spite of the fact that they have interactions with outsiders,
which should prompt them to think or act differently. It reminds me of an old adage that
criticizes teenagers who want to be like their friends. Their parents ask: "If so-and-so
leaped off a bridge, would you jump, too?"


Beckett admires
individualists and critical thinkers, neither of which the "waiters" are. He uses their
storyline to show how ridiculous one's life can become without "thinking
hard."

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