Existentialism:
a philosophical theory or approach that emphasizes the existence of the individual person as a free and responsible agent determining their own development through acts of the will.
Godot is among the most celebrated examples of what is called "Theater of the Absurd." Absurdists argue that people today exist in a universe cut off from all roots: that they live in meaningless isolation in an alien world: that life has no sense, no significance beyond what the living may give to it. Translating those philosophical convictions to the stage results not in a series of interconnected incidents telling a story, but in a pattern of images presenting people as bewildered beings in a universe they cannot comprehend. Nevertheless, Godot is intended to be very funny in performance.
Watch Seinfeld-The Chinese Restaurant
Seinfield 3:48
1. Take notes on the plot while you are watching this clip. What really happens or doesn't happen? Pay attention to the dialogue. What do these characters discuss? What do they argue about? What happens that highlights the absurdity of daily life? Are there any serious reflections about life and humanity?
2. Notice how names of characters change... characters are unable to commit to any course of action...dialogue and absurdity occur... characters switch rapidly from serious questions and reflections on life to trivial bickering.
3. Make comparisons to "Waiting for Godot" with your elbow partner. Share out.
For the remainder of the period, we will have an Essay Preparation Day:
- Choose 3 elements of the absurd that you want to discuss in your essay.
- Find parts of the play that exemplify these elements-write down descriptions of these parts in the play and find quotes and page numbers that correlate.
- Review MLA style of citing sources and creating a Works Cited Page MLA info
Read "Godot and the Great Pumpkin" Godot and the Great Pumpkin
7 Elements of Confronting the Absurd
1. Suicide
2. Distraction
3. Denial
4. Be An Actor!
5. Be Another Kind of Artist!
6. Get Political
7. Acceptance
Choose three of Albert Camus' elements for confronting the absurd and discuss how they are exemplified in "Waiting for Godot" by Samuel Beckett and/or in Godot and the Great Pumpkin by Forrest D. Poston. Use specific examples from the play and or the article to illustrate your points.
This writing assignment MUST include a Works Cited Page and you must cite your sources according the the MLA format.
MLA Information
This Essay is Due on Friday January 20, 2017 and it must be turned in via turnitin.com.
Review the rubric that I will be using to grade your paper.
HW=
1. Read "Godot and the Great Pumpkin" Godot and the Great Pumpkin and write down any quotes or parts of the article that relate to the three elements that you are focusing on for your essay. I will collect your brainstorming sheet tomorrow in class.
2. Read your LC text, do your LC tasks and be prepared to present your LC analysis with your group on Friday February 3rd, 2017!
3. Work on your WFG essay that is due via turnitin.com on Friday January 20, 2017.
4. Mrs. Kurth will be gone next week from Tuesday Jan 17-Friday Jan 20, 2017. Please focus on the blog while I am gone and be respectful to the substitute. Thank you in advance for your cooperation.
5. If you borrowed a book from me please bring it back when you are finished reading it.
I am missing: A Million Little Pieces, Unbroken, The Giver, Cut, Things Fall Apart, Wait Till He Comes, Emma's War, The Plague, Loving Someone Else, Hitch Hikers Guide, Always Running, The Fault in Our Stars, Down These Mean Streets, Snitch, Gym Candy, Looking for Alaska, The Help, We Should Hang Out, Paper Towns, The Boy in the Stripped Pajamas, Lord of the Flies, Enrique's Journey, The Things They Carried, Pocho, The Color Purple, Into The Wild, The Red Scarf Girl, Parallel Lives, As I Lay Dying, Sophie's World, Monster, Brave New World, and all 36 of my copies of Waiting for Godot.
7 Elements of Confronting the Absurd
1. Suicide
2. Distraction
3. Denial
4. Be An Actor!
5. Be Another Kind of Artist!
6. Get Political
7. Acceptance
Choose three of Albert Camus' elements for confronting the absurd and discuss how they are exemplified in "Waiting for Godot" by Samuel Beckett and/or in Godot and the Great Pumpkin by Forrest D. Poston. Use specific examples from the play and or the article to illustrate your points.
This writing assignment MUST include a Works Cited Page and you must cite your sources according the the MLA format.
MLA Information
This Essay is Due on Friday January 20, 2017 and it must be turned in via turnitin.com.
Review the rubric that I will be using to grade your paper.
HW=
1. Read "Godot and the Great Pumpkin" Godot and the Great Pumpkin and write down any quotes or parts of the article that relate to the three elements that you are focusing on for your essay. I will collect your brainstorming sheet tomorrow in class.
2. Read your LC text, do your LC tasks and be prepared to present your LC analysis with your group on Friday February 3rd, 2017!
3. Work on your WFG essay that is due via turnitin.com on Friday January 20, 2017.
4. Mrs. Kurth will be gone next week from Tuesday Jan 17-Friday Jan 20, 2017. Please focus on the blog while I am gone and be respectful to the substitute. Thank you in advance for your cooperation.
5. If you borrowed a book from me please bring it back when you are finished reading it.
I am missing: A Million Little Pieces, Unbroken, The Giver, Cut, Things Fall Apart, Wait Till He Comes, Emma's War, The Plague, Loving Someone Else, Hitch Hikers Guide, Always Running, The Fault in Our Stars, Down These Mean Streets, Snitch, Gym Candy, Looking for Alaska, The Help, We Should Hang Out, Paper Towns, The Boy in the Stripped Pajamas, Lord of the Flies, Enrique's Journey, The Things They Carried, Pocho, The Color Purple, Into The Wild, The Red Scarf Girl, Parallel Lives, As I Lay Dying, Sophie's World, Monster, Brave New World, and all 36 of my copies of Waiting for Godot.
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