Students should prove the theme with specific evidence from the work. A theme statement is a hypothesis or a claim about a play, poem, or novel that emerges from the work’s most significant ideas. Uses Absurdist or Existentialist ElementsĪbsurdist Theme Statements (suggested list) Add at least one theme statement of your own. Alienation from history and culture Lack of religious certainty Alienation from social and physical environment Inability to communicate with others Inadequacy of language Failure of communication Non-sequitors Sometimes no language at all (mime & gesture, actions & dance)
SANDBOX CHARACTER or ACTION Young Man (Angel of Death) Mommy and her “tears” Daddy Musician Grandma and her monologue Off-stage thunder the sandboxĭifferent ways of perceiving reality Rejection of theatrical conventions Storyless action Unbelievable characters Disconnected dialogue Characters cannot be understood Disordered plot Human beings are irrational. ***Absurd = disharmony Out of harmony Not ridiculous Logical illogic Out of sync with nature Groups of symbols on stage Comic Horrifying Abrupt changes of directions and tone Goal: to experience the condition of Absurdity Mid-century 20th Postwar WWII Nonrealistic Anti-realistic Non-conventional unconventional Psychological complexity Incoherent ramblings *** failure of communication Theater of the Absurd = Existentialism + symbolic satire
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