Question

What is a common theme of the Theater of the Absurd?

Answer 1

Answer:

A. Purposelessness.

Explanation:

The genre of literary writing that emerged from after the Second World War, in which a group of absurdist writers began to write about the absurdity of human situation. Primarily beginning among the European and American dramatists, these drama writers seem to agree with Albert Camus' "The Myth of Sisyphus", which mostly stressed about the uselessness of human life.

Famous writes of this genre include Samuel Beckett (Waiting for Godot), Eugene Ionesco (Rhino), Jean Genet (The Balcony) etc. All of these plays for the "Theatre of the Absurd" genre deals or lays emphasis on the purposelessness of a man's life and life in general. The major elements that are deployed or used in this type of genre are the anti-character, anti- plot etc, while all trying to present a serious issue in a comic tone. This theatrical movement was unusual, quite different from the regular "normal" forms of stories or plays ion it's depiction of what life is really like- a purposeless, useless, meaningless world.