chaplinesque characteristic in ' waiting for godot
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Name:- Hitaxi H Bhatt.Roll No:- 03.Semester :- 03.Paper No:- 09 ( The Modernist Literature.)Topic:- Chaplinesque Characteristic In ‘Waiting For Godot.’Submitted To:- Maharja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University.
What is the meaning of Chaplinesque?
Resembling or characteristic of the humour or style of the film
actor and director Charlie
Chaplin. ( Oxford Dictionary)
Pozzo: I am Pozzo! Pozzo! Does that name mean nothing to you? (Act 1) Estragon: We are all born mad. Some remain so. (Act -2)
VLADIMIR: -But you say we were here yesterday
ESTRAGON: - I may be mistaken. (Pause.) Let's stop talking for a minute, do you mind? ( Act -1)
ESTRAGON: -You see, you feel worse when I'm with you. I feel better alone too.
VLADIMIR: -(vexed). Then why do you always come crawling back?
ESTRAGON: -I don't know. (Act-2)
ESTRAGON: Let's hang ourselves immediately!
VLADIMIR: From a bough? (They go towards the tree.) I wouldn't trust it.
ESTRAGON: We can always try. VLADIMIR: Go ahead. ESTRAGON: After you. VLADIMIR: No ,no, you first.(Act-
1 )
ESTRAGON: We've lost our rights? VLADIMIR: We got rid of them.
Silence. They remain motionless, arms dangling, heads sunk, sagging at the knees. – (Act-1)
ESTRAGON: That's enough. I'm tired.
- ( Act-2)
ESTRAGON: Let’s Go,
VLADIMIR: We can't.
ESTRAGON: Why not?
VLADIMIR: We're waiting for Godot.
-(Act- 1,2)
ESTRAGON: Who believes him?
VLADIMIR: Everybody. It's the only version they know.
ESTRAGON: People
are bloody ignorant apes.
-(Act- 1)
Thank You.
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