Absurdity as a Major Theme from Theatre of Absurd
Absurdity Absurdity for
sure is the most obvious one of the themes from Theatre of Absurd. The plays mock the world which no longer makes sense to its inhabitants, with people so shallow
and empty, hurting themselves and others, in unachievable pursuit of happiness.
The happiness itself is so shallow that you lose it the moment you receive it. The
setting of the world is so absurd that rational decisions and actions seem almost impossible
therefore effort proves meaningless. People just live their simple extremely individualistic lies
which they call life, estranged from human emotions, living in a circle, never
looking out to see the horrors of the society and the miserable masses who work
their lives to earn just bread while the few live over luxuriously off the
backs of those masses. The absurdity can very clearly be observed in our decisions
and actions. Greed of one held above the needs of millions, and life just goes
on. We keep running in a race without knowing if it’s ever going …
