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'Act Without Words And Imagination Dead Imagine' By Samuel Beckett And The Sandbox

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The selections “Act Without Words” and “Imagination Dead Imagine” written by Samuel Beckett and the short play “The Sandbox” written by Edward Albee illustrate the term ‘Theatre of Absurd’ as their selections or play develop. The term ‘Theatre of Absurd,’ is a form of drama that demonstrates the absurdity of human existence by illustrating repetitions, meaningless dialogue, and confusing situations that lack logical development. Although both Beckett and Albee share many common similarities in their works, they also share many differences in their own respective works. In both selections by Beckett and the short play by Albee are similar through the theme of death and the lack of character significance, but they differ through the perception …show more content…

First, the selection “Act Without Words” by Beckett illustrates the theme of death through the main character. The main character is constantly trying to obtain the carafe from the lone tree in the area, but the tree won’t let it happen. Throughout the struggles, the character is given a rope to possibly hang himself/herself, a pair of scissors to cut his wrists or throat, and almost left to die of thirst after not being able to obtain water from the carafe. Next, in “The Sandbox” by Albee illustrates the theme of death through the character of the grandma. The grandma is not wanted by the characters of Mommy or Daddy so they take her to a sandbox for her death. She is left there to be buried in the sand, as if it is a ceremony for her death since her own family members do not want her anymore. Overall, between Beckett and Albee, they both illustrate the theme of death through their own respective …show more content…

This is expressed through the characters of Mommy and Daddy taking Grandma to die because they do not want to deal with her anymore. Therefore, Beckett displays the perception of the universe as being useless if humans lose their ability to imagine because without it humans will no longer be able to survive in the universe. While in Albee’s, the perception of the universe is seen as the younger generations becoming sick of dealing with the older generations, so they do whatever they can to remove them from their lives. Overall, between the two authors, they share a difference in how they illustrate their perception of the

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