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1. 1. "Well? Shall we go?" "Yes, let's go." [They do not move.] : -Vernacular Comedy and Waiting for Godot.

   University essay from Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Author : Nanna Bjørg Flensborg Rönne; [2014]
   Keywords : Beckett Godot comedy Bakhtin clown humour;

   Abstract : This essay discusses the relationship between the characters Vladimir and Estragon in Samuel Beckett’s play Waiting for Godot and the vernacular clowning tradition. The discussion is supported by analyzing similarities between Waiting for Godot and Mikhail Bakhtin’s concept of grotesque realism as it is presented in his work Rabelais and His World, as well as elements of the Italian Commedia dell’Arte and 20th century silent movie comedy. READ MORE