Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• mohammad bagher ansari ¹
• Ahmad kamyabi Mask ²
• shahla Eslami ³

¹ Doctoral student, Department of Philosophy of Art, Faculty of Law, Theology and Political Sciences, Science and Research Unit, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

² Professor, doctor d’état, University of Tehran, Faculty of Fine Arts, Tehran.

³ Assistant Professor, Islamic Azad University, Faculty of Science and Research, Tehran.

Abstract

Existentialism is a philosophical school based on freedom, choice and responsibility that seeks to define the originality of human beings. This line of thought and philosophical attitude is reflected in the plays of Beckett, the French-Irish author of the 20th century and the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1969, including Happy Days. Beckett did not have a political position. He was independent and did not talk about his works. Therefore, everyone interprets his works from their own point of view, and some people who do not know him correctly think that Beckett is a hopeless person and his works are ambiguous.

This research shows with a library, descriptive and analytical method: Beckett seeks to criticize the stagnation and passivity of man by describing the human situation in the play Happy Days. most people, despite being free, avoid thinking, trying to advance society and accepting responsibility. Without any will, they have no desire to become and change their own and others' lives, and with laziness and ignorance, they accept exploitation and colonization. Beckett, like other existentialists, sees the growth and liberation of a person in self-improvement, awakening and will power.



Keywords

Beckett, Happy Days, Existentialism, choice, Freedom, Responsibility

Keywords

• Beckett"
• Happy Days"
• choice"
• Freedom"
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• Responsibility"