My humble take: The first 2 whistles led us to non-materialistic truth of the world. We were inexperienced, so we were scared by its horrid nature. The palm tree is human society: the shade is positivity, like parental love or friendship, which masks us from the harshness of the world. The out-sticking branch stands for the possibility of suicidal death, which is always there, but often ignored when hardship is little. The shade (societal positivity) offers only limited protection: when we grow old enough and have the tool (the scissors) that the society thinks we can utilize to make a living, the shade simple stop offering unconditional love. We were then forced to pursue what we seem as happiness (the water) with what the world offers us (the rope, the cubes). When this pursuit is unsuccessful, we think about death (the branch on the tree). But this option is highly suppressed cuz the society doesn’t encourage it. When we were once again drawn by the whistle to see the horrid real world, we are old enough and had the knowledge to realize that we should fight for this ridiculous situation. Yet one is very powerless. Knowing that we could never change it, we start to distract ourselves with what was left to us. When we are old, the society once again offers their warm protection, and it’s ok to kill ourselves now. But we don’t really care anymore. We just look at ourselves and think that why the fuck was I ever born?
@@evanes3509 That life and our interaction with it is inherently absurd and meaningless. Like this man here, we are just thrown into life with no prior knowledge of what we're going to deal with, have no idea how it works, and no matter what we do all we do is ultimately in vain. Just like the boxes and the water and the tree, everything in life is beyond our reach, the way they function make no sense and interacting with life will lead no meaningful result. That's the gist of what Beckett is about and this play and the other one Act Without Words II, is the abstract of his outlook on life. Even more abstract is his famous quote from the novel The Unnamable: "you must go on. I can't go on. I'll go on." Meaning that living and existence in their essence are absurd and meaningless, but you still do it. You still go on day to day doing your daily routine amounting to no meaningful outcome. It's absurd to live life in this sense and yet we do it, therefore life is absurd. It's not about "making it in life" per se. Life is this way for everyone from the most successful to the worst failures.
@@armind3870 what about when the water was right in his face? What is the interpretation on that because I still believe that the original comment has a good interpretation on that. Would the director agree about that because if everything is out of reach, but it is the closest it ever was to the character, then he could have made a last ditch effort but decided not to and ultimately gave up.
@@evanes3509 well I believe that the character at this point has learned of the absurdity of his struggle and accepted that any attempt is going to fail. He knows that the water is right there in his face, but he also knows that if he tries to grab for it then it's gonna jump up or pull some other trick to get out of reach like its been doing all this time. So he realizes it is hopeless and just gives up. Also this last tease serves as a tease to the audience as well. We are sitting here thinking dude the water is in your reach! Just go for it! We the audience have the same attitude towards that desirable object (water/meaning) that the character had two minutes ago. Therefore proving to us that we still haven't given up on life having meaning, that we still hope to search for meaning. It's right there! Go for it! Or you can just accept that you've been struggling for so long to no avail, and this one is just like all the other ones. It leaves it up to the audience to decide whether the water was finally within reach or not, aka whether life has meaning or not.
الإنسان رغم امتلاكه للأدوات ( المهارات ،العقل ) لا يستطيع أن يصل إلي الحقيقة ،فالإنسان عاجز أمام الموت و الفناء فالممثل لا يستطيع أن يصل للماء و الكاتب هنا متأثرا بالفلسفة الوجودية
While I think this short film has multiple meanings and is up for interpretation, here’s my take on it: This is a physical representation of quitting an unhealthy addiction. When you first quit, it feels like you are thrown out into the open and all alone. You go chasing the substance, you are forcibly thrown back; you know you should stay away from it. However, it keeps grabbing your attention. It’s surrounding you, and you can’t stop thinking about it. Then, you feel ashamed. Your disappointed in yourself for how you’ve been acting. While you wallow in self-pity, the temptation presents itself. You run towards it but decided to refrain. You indulge in self-care and start focusing on taking care of yourself. The visual is wilting, its less significant now. Seeing your favorite but forbidden substance fade away hurts you, but you start to see another opportunity for getting better. The thing you need to get better is so close to you. You can see it, but you can’t quite reach it. No matter your efforts, it’s always too far away. This doesn’t mean you’ve given up. Your addiction is still calling for your attention. You’re ignoring it, you’re trying to get better, but you aren’t being rewarded. It seems like it keeps getting harder and harder. The effort doesn’t seem worth it. Every opportunity is a dead end. Despite everything, the substance is still getting louder and demanding your attention. You lose hope. You give up. Then, just at the end, you give up. You sit and pity yourself. The perfect solution floats past you. It seems too good to be true, and you let it get away. Timing isn’t always perfect, hard work isn’t always rewarded, and there isn’t always a happy ending.
My name's kawther Second year Deparment English U. O. B When lwatching the play Act without word but I think that the writer he wanted to give important lesson about your life through of the play 🤔🤔
Technically, according to the script, there is no music during this whole piece. It's completely silent. Also the actor mustn't grunt or cry, only 'reflect' , but I guess that's open to interpretation
le théâtre de la dérision qui prend la vie à la légèreté.. cet homme représente l'homme moderne qui essaye de comprendre ce monde superfétatoire et de créer une issue à son existence malheureuse mais en fin de compte il finit par se résigner malgré que à la fin il a trouvé ce qu'il souhaite or, c'est déjà trop tard
My thoughts on this : This is only portraying the phase where this person has goals and everything is going against him (we all feel like it the start) and since he's not dead that leaves room for him to get to where he wants aa long as he applies the rules which are you have to act fast (seize the chance in other words)
In my opinion the meaning is : when you have the chance you must try as far as you can to reach your goal , and don't be lazy , and don't waste the time and you just have to think simply to find your path of goal , and it's easy to come true it , and you should believe that the time never be mercy of you and never wait for you (of course every thing under Allah's control) , so this play refers to the life and us facing the obstacles.
That's exactly the opposite of the meaning of it. Your goals don't matter. You don't matter. Nothing matters. Most things don't even exist, Allah/God don't exist, therefore nothing is attainable or even worth striving for. Unless you follow the absurdist approach, which is that nothing matters so fuck it why not have some fun?
I think he finally realizes there’s no point. Acts of Will won’t help him. He could have grabbed the water, but he would have eventually been thirsty again. He could have gone to the tree but he’d still be on a desert, eternally. The hands (symbols of the will) have in a sense reached an endgame.
please I really need help guys ,I want to know what is the importance of this play 'cause to me it is nothing but a man in the middle of the desert want to drink water. please help me because it is very important to me😢😢
+^Blisss thanks for your comment . I'm not a native speaker of English language I'm just a learner and I'm facing difficulty with this play that why I asked if anyone can give me the main idea behind this whole play
ooooohhh, now im understanding. the act is using an universal language, so everyone can understand it. its an open, absurd theaterconzept. you as person got to put yourself into it. the act in the end will let you alone with questions and one main goal is to ask others. so here you are :D
Maryam Kareem The Deep South. I will tell you that the series from which this video came is definitive and if anything cake beckett make sense you will find it there. try watching a few others also.
I love Beckett but this is so much juvenilia hard to believe it appeared alongside the stunning endgame almost a parody - in fact screams to be sent up
I don't think Samuel Beckett really liked this play it was meant to be a prelude to Endgame or Krapp's Last Tape along with Act Without Words 2 which he didn't like either, it was inspired by the silent films he liked to watch
My Iove Darling هذا كاتب ملحد يحاول توصيل فكره ان لاوجود للرب وان الرب لا يساعد الناس وان لاغرض للحياة لاننا سوف نموت مكان المسرحية الصحراء الصفارة هي تمثل صوت الرب الشجره الحياة الصناديق الطريق للوصول الى الماء يمثل ايظا الحياة وفي النهايه يستسلم الرجل ويأس من الرب لانه لايساعده وترك المحاوله للوصول الى الماء
lily water و انا رأيت أنه يريد أن يرينا أنه على الانسان التصرف بسرعة اذا اراد بلوغ مراده ...الله كان يوفر له الوسائل اللازمة للبلوغ للماء (رمز للحياة و الامل) لكنه كان يستغرق وقتا طويلا حتى يستعملها و لما يجد الحل يكون الأوان. قد فاته ...لم أجدها مسرحية عن الالحاد
