Religious mythology in "waiting for Godot"

Author

Sad, Haydar Lyaibi

Source

lark Journal for Philosophy, linguistics and Social Sciences

Issue

Vol. 2017, Issue 25 (30 Apr. 2017), pp.11-18, 8 p.

Publisher

Wasit University College of Arts

Publication Date

2017-04-30

Country of Publication

Iraq

No. of Pages

8

Main Subjects

Arts

Abstract EN

"Waiting for Godot" by Samuel Beckett may be considered one of the most famous plays in twentieth century, at the same time it may also be among the most controversial plays.

Moreover, being attributed to the absurd theatre, adds ambiguity to its content.

In this type of drama, there is not a real plot, so it is very difficult to the viewer to understand what is exactly meant by the writer of the text.

The mam question that lias been discussed by many critics is; who is Godot? "Any mterpretation that strives to know who Godot is (or is not), whether he is realistic character, whether he will ever come, whether he has ever come, or even whether he may have come without being recognized (or lutely right" Hutchings*1*.

Critics are of different views about the character of Godot in this play.

Samuel Beckett himself didn't give answer to this question when he was asked.

He said that if he knew he would reveal but he claimed that he himself didn't know.

Classical works always have the possibility- for being understood in different way.

This might lias been a good reason for Beckett not to reveal the real personality- of Godot to make readers and critics think seriously about his characters.

This paper is an attempt to give an acceptable interpretation about this character.

Depending on religious texts of New Testament.

Old Testament and the holy Quran, the researcher is trying to give an approach about the personality' of Godot consequently to prove that this character is taken from religious mythologies which are found m Beckett's rnrnd.

Revealing that personality of redeemer is referred in all last three religious books will be great evidence that Samuel Beckett was consciously or not.

mfluenced by this idea and tried to criticize it according to his inclination to existential philosophy.

So.

this paper is divided into two main parts, firstly to prove that there are different hints about waiting for the redeemer in religious books, and second to prove that the author was influenced by these hints.

The researcher will prove the first point by citing various texts from holy books that are speaking about the redeemer or related to waiting somebody who will come in certain period of this world, and second point will be proved by observing different items in the play which are related directly to religious characters.

The reader will see how Beckett mentions more than three times in his play names of religious characters and this reflect the influence of such things on him.

American Psychological Association (APA)

Sad, Haydar Lyaibi. 2017. Religious mythology in "waiting for Godot". lark Journal for Philosophy, linguistics and Social Sciences،Vol. 2017, no. 25, pp.11-18.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-960799

Modern Language Association (MLA)

Sad, Haydar Lyaibi. Religious mythology in "waiting for Godot". lark Journal for Philosophy, linguistics and Social Sciences No. 25 (Apr. 2017), pp.11-18.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-960799

American Medical Association (AMA)

Sad, Haydar Lyaibi. Religious mythology in "waiting for Godot". lark Journal for Philosophy, linguistics and Social Sciences. 2017. Vol. 2017, no. 25, pp.11-18.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-960799

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Text in English ; abstracts in English and Arabic.

Record ID

BIM-960799