Waiting for Godot

Notes

• famous plays of 20th century.

• Vladimir and estragon pass time on country road waiting for Godot.

• open ended - prompting the question what is the story about

• Absurd → contradiction between humanity’s desire to find meaning in universe and the universe itself which is completely meaningless.

• Seven possible responses :

  1. suicide
  2. distraction → pleasures of food, drink etc.
  3. denial → be religious and say god has given purpose
  4. Be an actor → pretend to live different lives
  5. Be another kind of artist → maybe painter
  6. get political
  7. acceptance → accepting life is pointless (sad, passive, depressing)

• Sisyphus was doomed to roll a boulder up a mountain everyday and watch it roll back down every night.

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• confronting with absurd finding meaning where it doesn’t exist .

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Related

1. Philosophy

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References

1. Waiting for Godot Explained With Philosophy Philosophy Tube