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Waiting for Godot(Something to Happen)

Waiting for Godot
(Something to Happen).


Estragon: And if he doesn’t come?
Vladimir: We’ll come back tomorrow.
Estragon: And then the day after tomorrow.
Vladimir: Possibly.
Estragon: And so on.
Vladimir: The point is--

Waiting…..Silence…..Waiting….. Waiting for what? Anything, nothing, everything, anything… something. This is Godot. Waiting for Godot is a play about everything and nothing all at the same time. As a microcosm of human existence, each element of the play can be seen as a facet of life itself. The protagonists of the work, Vladimir and Estragon are waiting for a man named Godot. Who is Godot? That is not the point. The point lies in the waiting. Godot is that which we wait for. Samuel Beckett’s 1950’s existential commentary attempts to dramatize an element that by its very nature, lacks drama. To add to the paradox, Waiting for Godot is both empty and full. This is per...

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