Monday, October 3, 2011
Samuel Beckett's, "Waiting for Godot," is one of the few accurate reflections of the human condition. The play that most call the play in which "nothing happens" actually expresses that life is only a long period of waiting. Beckett in a way displays that all humans are born to die eventually. Some waste away the time distracting them selves from the fact that death will inevitably come but others such as Estragon and Vladimir are merely passing the time and waiting for the long dull life they lead to end abruptly. Character's Estragon and Vladimir demonstrate Beckett's idea that all humans are trying their hardest to entertain themselves in every way to only pass the time that will in the end pass by no matter what. We know death will come naturally but not always when. Beckett expresses struggles with the agony of the wait for either something to happen that distracts us from our inescapable death or for that death to come. If our only reason for living is dying then what is the point of existing? Beckett also indicates that we all strive to obtain the proof and feeling of existence because we are unsure of all existence because there is no proof that after we die we are anything but a cold corpse. Beckett's writing is full of substance that express and explain his beliefs and feelings about the human condition.
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