Question

What is not typically present in works of the theater of the absurd?

Answer 1

D. Recognizable Characters is the answer.

Answer 2

The theater of absurd refers to the plays written primarily by European playwrights post world war II. The works in the theater of absurd focused mainly on an idea of existentialism and describe how communication breaks down when the human existence has no meaning. It paves way for illogical and irrational speech and its conclusion to silence.

People in the play are presented as bewildered beings in the complex universe. For instance in the play "Waiting for Godot" the characters wait for Godot who never arrives and sit and talk about nothing particular.

Therefore, what is not typically present in the works of the theater of the absurd is recognizable characters.