The Frontier of Existence in Beckett’s Waiting for Godot and Ionesco’s

The Frontier of Existencein Becketts wait for Godot and Ionescos rhinoceros I feel that I had been at the frontier of existence, close to the localize where they lose their names, their exposition, the place where time stops, almost outside History (E Ionesco). This taste will explore the frontier of existence in Becketts Waiting for Godot and Ionescos Rhinoceros The title Rhinoceros is formed from the ancient Greek Rhino meaning nose and Keros meaning horn. However, in this play I take rhinoceros to mean an animal that is thick-skinned and ugly. The people who give out rhinoceroses become as thick skinned as the rhinoceroses they turn into. On first viewing of Rhinoceros one journeys with the characters on what appears to be something of a mystery tour. One cannot be sure if a rhinoceros authentically exists. It is this sense of unknowing that makes for a lack of definition in the characters themselves. in that location is Jeans first announcement of Oh a rhinoceros (Act II P.14) as he points off stage is tantalising as one can only hear noises. One tries to define the web site and the characters by questioning their imagination and sanity. Much that one might demand to be told about the characters and their situation is denied to us. One only gets little snippets of instruction about their society for example a couple of revelations from Jean to Berenger in that respects been no zoo in our town since the animals were destroyed in the plagueages ago (II P.20) and You know perfectly well that the Council criminalize all travelling performers from the districtThere havent been each since we were children. (II P.20). Council has a capital c and there is no mark of God anywhere which is a striking opposite from Waiting f... ...ific absolutism or exile perhaps the Nazi occupation of France or dissolution from ones homeland. But one does have choices as definition does not have to be of a single entity. Emphasis could be put on defining what ha ppens while Vladimir and Estragon are waiting rather than notions of termination Works Cited Beckett, Samuel, Waiting for Godot Cohen, R., Back to Beckett Coe, Richard N., Eugne Ionesco A Study of His Work Hayman, Ronald, Eugne Ionesco Ionesco, Eugne, Rhinoceros, The Chairs and The Lesson Lamont, Rosette C., Ionesco A Collection of small Essays Lamont, Rosette C. and Friedman, M.J., The two faces of Ionesco Lazar, Moshe., The Dream and the Play Ionescos Theatrical gather up Lyons, C., Samuel Becket Lewis, Allan, Ionesco Pronko, Leonard C., Eugne Ionesco Worth, K., Beckett the Shape Changer