Godot

Many religions emphasize that one who has faith in God will benefit from His graces. It is evident through his play that Samuel Becket, the author of Waiting for Godot, has his strong doubts about the matter. Vladimir and Estragon, the two protagonists of the play, wait endlessly on the empty country road for Godot, the character Beckett creates to represent God. By failing to reveal Godot at any point throughout the entire play, Beckett is not only expressing his own lack of faith and his disbelief in a higher being such as God, he is also advising the reader or audience not to waste his or her time with such an absurd concept as God.
Many readers of Beckett’s play have either been under the assumption or have had the opinion that Godot represents God. The tie between the character of the play and God is revealed through the discussion of the white beard, a physical characteristic shared by both figures. The first and only time Lucky talks, he is addressing Vladimir and Estragon, ...