Contrapuntal study of Waiting for Godot and ‘Selected Prayers’ with the theme of Waiting and reference with Hindu Philosophy.
Reena Khasatiya sem 3 Department of English MKBU
Khasatiyamili21@gmail.com
Paper no. 9Modernist literature
Total words- 1209
Plagiarism -18%
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Topic:- Contrapuntal study of Waiting for Godot and ‘Selected Prayers’ with the theme of Waiting and reference with Hindu Philosophy.
Abstract:- This Assignment tends to delve into the various aspect of play ‘Waiting for Godot’ like theme of waiting connecting with the theme of existentialism and I try to connect it with several my school prayers with the reference of Hindu Philosophy. There is numerous scenes which displaying absolute absurdism in all parts of the play and though there is deep meaning in the play which lead to think about life and about serious questions like...who are we? Where will we go? For whom we are Waiting?
Key Words: Godot, Waiting, Existentialism, Nihilism, Hindu Philosophy, selected prayers,
Introduction
All of all the hardships a person had to face none was more punishing than the simple act of waiting and it is become se hard when one living a life without knowing that for whom we are waiting and Is really exist or not. Hoping that someday waiting will end somebody will come and might notice us, but How long can we be hopeful? How long does a believer have to wait? Everyone is waiting for that somehow, someday and somebody but, actually what happens that mostly we fail. Nobody comes nobody goes and nothing happens. Not any miracle happens… we just fall in trap of waiting and a waiting that has no solution except keeping our self on waiting.
This study begins with a prelude to waiting and how our prayers keep us in the trap of waiting a waiting that has no solution except keeping on waiting.
1.Waiting for Godot
ESTRAGON: What do we do now?
VLADEIMIR: I don't know.
ESTRAGON: Let's go.
VLADIMIR: We can't.
ESTRAGON: Why not?
VLADIMIR: We are Waiting for Godot
‘Waiting for Godot’ was first written in French language in 1949 and then translated into English in 1954. It is Samuel Beckett’s most commercially successful ‘experimental’ play since Pirandello’s six characters in search of an Author1921. Waiting for Godot has since been translated into eighteen languages and performed all over the world. The two down and out men who wait expectantly to visit Godot. They have nothing meaningful to do, they are just waiting under a tree and near a burial in dreadful silence. Lucky and Pozzo interrupted in their silence. Lucky and Pozzo are strangers , passing through there and Boy messenger is character who insist hope with this coming and going.
Indeed, play does not end when Boy Messenger keeps Vladimir abreast of the fact that Godot is not coming this evening. The play indeed begins with waiting for Godot and ends with waiting for Godot as well. Even though the drama is divided into two acts, there are other natural division. For the sake f discussion, the following, rather obvious, scene divisions will be referred to:
ACT I
I. Vladimir and Estragon Alone
II. Arrival of Pozzo and Lucky : Lucky’s speech
III. Departure of Pozzo and Lucky : Vladimir and Estragon Alone
IV. Arrival of Boy Messenger
V. Departure of Boy Messenger : Vladimir and Estragon Alone
ACT II
I. Vladimir and Estragon Alone
II. Arrival of Pozzo and Lucky
III. Departure of Pozzo and Lucky : Vladimir and Estragon Alone
IV. Arrival of Boy Messenger
V. Departure of Boy Messenger : Vladimir and Estragon Alone
The above division of the play are Beckett’s way of making a statement about the nature of the play, that is, the play is circular in structure, and a third act or even a fourth or fifth act, etc., could be added, having the exact same structure. For further discussion, see the section on circular structure.
2.Hindu Philosophy
The concept of ‘waiting’ in Godot is here bought into line with serval paradigms from Indian Philosophical thought. The relation of Godot with Vladimir and Estragon are explored and possible new lines of inquiry are opened. Complex philosophical tradition of Karma and Dharma. Theme of play is also can connect with Indian value system and the act of waiting in more positive and authentic. Moreover In the light of Hindu philosophy, the Godot-denied world of the play can be categorized by Pramada, alasya and nindra as mentioned in the Gita. We find at a certain stage in the drama, a clearer conative perception in a Rajasic state is, however. Void f the unity of existence. It lacks the deeper insight into the unifying factor that Godot’s anticipative presence purports to bring to the surface. It is Karma, Samsara and then the inevitable bandha that constitute the fundamental existential matrix of Vladimir and Estragon.
2.1 Selected Poems
ના દો તો પ્રભુ ભલે ના દેતા
ના દો તો પ્રભુ ભલે ના દેતા, દર્શન તમારા , આને આ જન્મે મારા
મિલન હજુ નથી થયું તમારું, એના ભણકારા, રહેજો અંતર માં મારા
ભુલું નહિ શયને કે સપને, શલ્ય જેવા સાલો મનને,
મિલન હજુ નથી થયું તમારું, એના ભણકારા, રહેજો અંતર માં મારા
આ સંસારી ગુજરી માં મુજ ઝાઝા કે થોડા, ગુજરજો જીવનના દહાડા,
ધનના ઢગલા વડે ભરાજો, હાથ ભલે મારા, લાધજો સુખ અપરંપારા,
ખરી કમાણી કશીના થઇ હજુ એના ભણકારા, રહેજો અંતરમાં મારા,
ભુલું નહિ.....
વાટ વચ્ચે ભરાયા અંગો આળસથી મારા, વધે નહિ આગળ પગ મારા,
ભોંય પર હું ભલે પડી રહું ગાત્રો મારા પસારીપસારીને હિંમત દ્વારા,
આખી વાટ હજુ રહી બાકી એના ભણકારા, રહેજો અંતરમાં મારા,
ભુલું નહિ....
મંગલ વાદ્યો મચી રહેને આનંદ ફુવારા, ભરી દે મંદિરિયા મારા,
ઓચ્છવ રંગે ભલે જ રમીએ ઘરના જન સારા, સજીને શણગારો સારા,
તમે હજુ ઘેર નથી પધાર્યા એના ભણકારા, રહેજો અંતરમાં મારા,
ભુલું નહિ...
2.મંગલ મંદિર ખોલો
મંગલ મંદિર ખોલો
દયામય! મંગલ મંદિર ખોલો!
જીવન-વન અતિ વેગે વટાવ્યું
દ્વાર ઉભો શિશુ ભોળો,
ટિમ ગયું ને જ્યોતિ પ્રકાશ્યો,
શિશુ ને ઉર માં લ્યો લ્યો, દયામય! મંગલ.....
નામ મધુર તવ રટ્યો નિરક્ષર,
શિશુ સહ પ્રેમ બોલો,
દિવ્ય તુષા તર આવ્યો બાળક,
પ્રેમે અમીરસ છોળો, દયામય! મંગલ....
2.2Theme of both the poem
If we look at the word of both the poem, we find similarity of theme waiting. As in Vladimir’s speech he says that, “ What are we doing here, that is the question and we are blessed in this, that we happen to know the answer. Yes, in this immense confusion one thing is clear . We are waiting for Godot to come.” And here in both the poem, we bagging for blessings of god and human being keeps on doing this.
3.Connection with Waiting For Godot, Existentialism and Nihilism
Thus, Beckett’s Waiting for Godot was one of the very best plays of the decade . Its two tramps, with their boredom , their fear of pain, their shreds of love and hate, are a surprisingly effective version of the whole human condition for which action is no answer , chiefly because there is no obvious action be taken , ‘nothing to be done’ Beckett comes to a nihilistic conclusion.
CONCLUSION
The act of waiting makes us experience the flow of time. To wait means to experience the action of time, which is constant change. And yet as nothing real ever happens, that change itself an illusion. The more things change, the more they are the same. That is the terrible stability of the world.
Khasatiyamili21@gmail.com
Paper no. 9Modernist literature
Total words- 1209
Plagiarism -18%
To evalute my assignent click here
Topic:- Contrapuntal study of Waiting for Godot and ‘Selected Prayers’ with the theme of Waiting and reference with Hindu Philosophy.
Abstract:- This Assignment tends to delve into the various aspect of play ‘Waiting for Godot’ like theme of waiting connecting with the theme of existentialism and I try to connect it with several my school prayers with the reference of Hindu Philosophy. There is numerous scenes which displaying absolute absurdism in all parts of the play and though there is deep meaning in the play which lead to think about life and about serious questions like...who are we? Where will we go? For whom we are Waiting?
Key Words: Godot, Waiting, Existentialism, Nihilism, Hindu Philosophy, selected prayers,
Introduction
All of all the hardships a person had to face none was more punishing than the simple act of waiting and it is become se hard when one living a life without knowing that for whom we are waiting and Is really exist or not. Hoping that someday waiting will end somebody will come and might notice us, but How long can we be hopeful? How long does a believer have to wait? Everyone is waiting for that somehow, someday and somebody but, actually what happens that mostly we fail. Nobody comes nobody goes and nothing happens. Not any miracle happens… we just fall in trap of waiting and a waiting that has no solution except keeping our self on waiting.
This study begins with a prelude to waiting and how our prayers keep us in the trap of waiting a waiting that has no solution except keeping on waiting.
1.Waiting for Godot
ESTRAGON: What do we do now?
VLADEIMIR: I don't know.
ESTRAGON: Let's go.
VLADIMIR: We can't.
ESTRAGON: Why not?
VLADIMIR: We are Waiting for Godot
‘Waiting for Godot’ was first written in French language in 1949 and then translated into English in 1954. It is Samuel Beckett’s most commercially successful ‘experimental’ play since Pirandello’s six characters in search of an Author1921. Waiting for Godot has since been translated into eighteen languages and performed all over the world. The two down and out men who wait expectantly to visit Godot. They have nothing meaningful to do, they are just waiting under a tree and near a burial in dreadful silence. Lucky and Pozzo interrupted in their silence. Lucky and Pozzo are strangers , passing through there and Boy messenger is character who insist hope with this coming and going.
Indeed, play does not end when Boy Messenger keeps Vladimir abreast of the fact that Godot is not coming this evening. The play indeed begins with waiting for Godot and ends with waiting for Godot as well. Even though the drama is divided into two acts, there are other natural division. For the sake f discussion, the following, rather obvious, scene divisions will be referred to:
ACT I
I. Vladimir and Estragon Alone
II. Arrival of Pozzo and Lucky : Lucky’s speech
III. Departure of Pozzo and Lucky : Vladimir and Estragon Alone
IV. Arrival of Boy Messenger
V. Departure of Boy Messenger : Vladimir and Estragon Alone
ACT II
I. Vladimir and Estragon Alone
II. Arrival of Pozzo and Lucky
III. Departure of Pozzo and Lucky : Vladimir and Estragon Alone
IV. Arrival of Boy Messenger
V. Departure of Boy Messenger : Vladimir and Estragon Alone
The above division of the play are Beckett’s way of making a statement about the nature of the play, that is, the play is circular in structure, and a third act or even a fourth or fifth act, etc., could be added, having the exact same structure. For further discussion, see the section on circular structure.
2.Hindu Philosophy
The concept of ‘waiting’ in Godot is here bought into line with serval paradigms from Indian Philosophical thought. The relation of Godot with Vladimir and Estragon are explored and possible new lines of inquiry are opened. Complex philosophical tradition of Karma and Dharma. Theme of play is also can connect with Indian value system and the act of waiting in more positive and authentic. Moreover In the light of Hindu philosophy, the Godot-denied world of the play can be categorized by Pramada, alasya and nindra as mentioned in the Gita. We find at a certain stage in the drama, a clearer conative perception in a Rajasic state is, however. Void f the unity of existence. It lacks the deeper insight into the unifying factor that Godot’s anticipative presence purports to bring to the surface. It is Karma, Samsara and then the inevitable bandha that constitute the fundamental existential matrix of Vladimir and Estragon.
2.1 Selected Poems
ના દો તો પ્રભુ ભલે ના દેતા
ના દો તો પ્રભુ ભલે ના દેતા, દર્શન તમારા , આને આ જન્મે મારા
મિલન હજુ નથી થયું તમારું, એના ભણકારા, રહેજો અંતર માં મારા
ભુલું નહિ શયને કે સપને, શલ્ય જેવા સાલો મનને,
મિલન હજુ નથી થયું તમારું, એના ભણકારા, રહેજો અંતર માં મારા
આ સંસારી ગુજરી માં મુજ ઝાઝા કે થોડા, ગુજરજો જીવનના દહાડા,
ધનના ઢગલા વડે ભરાજો, હાથ ભલે મારા, લાધજો સુખ અપરંપારા,
ખરી કમાણી કશીના થઇ હજુ એના ભણકારા, રહેજો અંતરમાં મારા,
ભુલું નહિ.....
વાટ વચ્ચે ભરાયા અંગો આળસથી મારા, વધે નહિ આગળ પગ મારા,
ભોંય પર હું ભલે પડી રહું ગાત્રો મારા પસારીપસારીને હિંમત દ્વારા,
આખી વાટ હજુ રહી બાકી એના ભણકારા, રહેજો અંતરમાં મારા,
ભુલું નહિ....
મંગલ વાદ્યો મચી રહેને આનંદ ફુવારા, ભરી દે મંદિરિયા મારા,
ઓચ્છવ રંગે ભલે જ રમીએ ઘરના જન સારા, સજીને શણગારો સારા,
તમે હજુ ઘેર નથી પધાર્યા એના ભણકારા, રહેજો અંતરમાં મારા,
ભુલું નહિ...
2.મંગલ મંદિર ખોલો
મંગલ મંદિર ખોલો
દયામય! મંગલ મંદિર ખોલો!
જીવન-વન અતિ વેગે વટાવ્યું
દ્વાર ઉભો શિશુ ભોળો,
ટિમ ગયું ને જ્યોતિ પ્રકાશ્યો,
શિશુ ને ઉર માં લ્યો લ્યો, દયામય! મંગલ.....
નામ મધુર તવ રટ્યો નિરક્ષર,
શિશુ સહ પ્રેમ બોલો,
દિવ્ય તુષા તર આવ્યો બાળક,
પ્રેમે અમીરસ છોળો, દયામય! મંગલ....
2.2Theme of both the poem
If we look at the word of both the poem, we find similarity of theme waiting. As in Vladimir’s speech he says that, “ What are we doing here, that is the question and we are blessed in this, that we happen to know the answer. Yes, in this immense confusion one thing is clear . We are waiting for Godot to come.” And here in both the poem, we bagging for blessings of god and human being keeps on doing this.
3.Connection with Waiting For Godot, Existentialism and Nihilism
Thus, Beckett’s Waiting for Godot was one of the very best plays of the decade . Its two tramps, with their boredom , their fear of pain, their shreds of love and hate, are a surprisingly effective version of the whole human condition for which action is no answer , chiefly because there is no obvious action be taken , ‘nothing to be done’ Beckett comes to a nihilistic conclusion.
CONCLUSION
The act of waiting makes us experience the flow of time. To wait means to experience the action of time, which is constant change. And yet as nothing real ever happens, that change itself an illusion. The more things change, the more they are the same. That is the terrible stability of the world.
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