Bad Habits To Ben Platt While Playing Evan In The Musical, Dear Evan Hansen

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When performed, Estragon’s nihilistic way of thinking could cause great harm to the actor, similarly to what happened to Ben Platt while playing Evan in the musical Dear Evan Hansen. While it is important for actors to perform and express the different emotions of the characters, it is important for them to have a clear mind when they step on stage. Estragon’s constant suggestion of, “Why don’t we hang ourselves?” (Beckett 83) along with his overall pessimistic attitude towards humanity show how an actor might want to use past events to help convey the negative and pessimistic emotions of Estragon. If they have to repeat this for a long period of time, the constant remembrance of a negative event from the past could cause bad habits to appear