waiting for godot

Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot is an absurd play about two men, Vladimir (Didi) and Estragon (Gogo) who wait under a withered tree for Godot, who Vladimir says has an important but unknown message. This play is incredibly bizarre, because at times it is difficult to discern if there is a plot at all, and at other times, the play seems incredibly profound. One of the most ambiguous aspects of Beckett's play is the identity …

…corruption, scum, and bewilderment at the human antithesis that can only be reconciled in mind of the absurdist. If Godot is God, then Didi and Gogo's (mankind's) faith in God has almost entirely disappeared. Yet the illusion of faith--that deeply embedded hope that Godot might come--still flickers in the minds of Vladimir and Estragon. It is almost as if these two men see no reason to have faith, but cannot renounce it completely. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**