PPT-Sensible Absurdity or Absurd Wisdom

Lets go We Cant Why Not Were Waiting for Godot With this infamous refrain Samuel Beckett introduces the uncanny world of Waiting for Godot Main Focus . LITERALISM: DEFINING THE ABSURD RESULT PRINCIPLE IN STATUTORY INTERPRETATION* VERONICA M. DOUGHERTY** [I] t is a venerable principle that a law will not be interpreted to produce absurd judgment ment Eugene Ionesco’s. Rhinoceros. Eugene Ionesco (1909-1994). b. . Romania, near Bucharest, raised Paris. Father a lawyer, back to Romania during WWI. 1922 return Romania to his father, now remarried. 1928 debut as poet; degree in French 1933; continued poetry, reviews, literary criticism. Presented by : Hilary G., Kalau F., Isaac N., and Ben Y.. Oxford Dictionary definition: . Drama. using the abandonment of conventional dramatic form to portray the futility of human struggle in a senseless world.. Albert Camus. Freewrites. : Quotations by Camus. “. At any street corner the feeling of absurdity can strike any man in the face.” . “The . only real progress lies in learning to be wrong all alone. “The Absurd”. The conflict between the human tendency to seek value and meaning in life and the human inability to find any.. Absurd does not mean “logically impossible,” but rather “humanly impossible.”. Vocabulary . Unit. #3. Like me!. Write one word for every three lines. If you run out of space, continue onto another paper.. a. bsurd, rational, dilemma, . moral, claim, concede, . refute (counterargument), explicit. =. existentialism + symbolic satire. Theater of the Absurd . emerged in Europe and the U.S. after World War II. people were discouraged by the unjustness of the world. Existentialism. Theater of the Absurd began at the same time as existentialism.. AP Literature and Composition. K. Matteson. Absurdist Theater. Theater of the Absurd came about as a reaction to World War II.  It took the basis of existential philosophy and combined it with dramatic elements to create a style of theatre which presented a world which can not be logically explained, life is in one word, ABSURD! . James 3:13-18. Worldly wisdom shown by:. Sinning and blaming God (1:13-15). Dishonoring the poor (2:1-7). Hypocritical speech (3:9-10). Fighting with each other (4:1-2, 11). Arrogantly counting on tomorrow (4:13-16). “The Stranger”. Existentialism. Merriam-Webster Definition:. “a chiefly 20. th. century philosophical movement embracing diverse doctrines but centering on analysis of individual existence in an unfathomable universe and the plight of the individual who must assume ultimate responsibility for acts of free will without any certain knowledge of what is right or wrong or good or bad”. Presentation of Edgar and Gloucester. Significance of Edgar’s verbal depiction of the cliff top scene. Gloucester’s prayer. The absurd/ grotesque. Paired questions. In many ways this represents the climax of the subplot. Discuss how you would best stage Gloucester’s ‘suicide’? Is there a danger the audience could laugh? Does this matter?. Big Ideas of Existentialism. Despite encompassing a huge range of philosophical, religious, and political ideologies, the underlying concepts of existentialism are simple…. Existence Precedes Essence. NIME 2020 - Workshop Play M ake B elieve Giacomo Lepri 1 , Andrew McPherson 1 , Antonella Nonnis 1 Paul Stapleton 2 , Kristina Andersen 3 , Tom Mudd 4 , John Bowers 5 , Pete Bennett 6 , Sam Topley 7 Why do we laugh?. AN . ESSAY . IN ABOUT 50 SLIDES. Remember …. Humour is SUBJECTIVE … i.e. . we laugh best if we can relate things . to OUR OWN experience … OR NOT !!. Why we laugh … 1. Self congratulation?.