Essays on Waiting For Godot

Abstract: This paper explores the impact of absurdism in Samuel Beckett’s play Waiting for Godot. Absurdism as a philosophy stands on the idea that the whole universe is irrational and meaningless and that the look for order brings the person into conflict with the universe. During the period of the two World Wars, the mass...

In Waiting For Godot, Vladimir and Estragon are engaged in what seems to be a neverending, pointless, and repetitive task – waiting for Godot. Waiting for Godot is the whole reason they are there and yet he never turns up. The play is about what people do when confronted with the Absurd: with the compulsion...

Through the use of repetition, Samuel Beckett’s play ‘Waiting For Godot’ examines the futility of life, demonstrating the play’s absurdist nature and nihilistic philosophy. This is evident through the character’s nonsensical, illogical dialogue and actions, conveying the monotony of their lives. The absurdist quality of this play is identifiable in the tragic nature of their...