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Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett is one of the seminal texts of the Absurdist movement. The play shows two characters, Estragon and Vladimir as the wait for a third character, Godot, who never arrives.
Characters
- Vladimir
- Estragon
- Pozzo
- Lucky
- Boy
Christianity & Waiting For Godot
The play is often seen as an attack on Christianity and conservative values.[1] The character of Godot, viewed as a representation of God, never arrives, and the characters consider this fact 'meaningless'. Like many existential texts, the play tries to prove that God as a concept is dead or doesn't exist, despite obvious proof to the contrary.
References
- ↑ Patkovszky, Patricia 2006, Samuel Beckett and the question of God in Waiting for Godot, Humboldt University Berlin, Department of English and American Studies, 20th-Century Drama