Samuel Beckett, author of Waiting for Godot, explores chance and the human behavior when faced with the questioning of their existence. ... The silence of Godot, in the play, if he exists, is a major contribution to the hopelessness of the characters. Godot is used as a symbol for God merely because, "Godot is God, with the, 'to,' as a diminutive suffix," (Kashdan, par.20). ... Godot continues to let them wait upon his arrival in which he never shows up, therefore wasting their time. ... Each day the characters are, "waiting for Godot to come," (Beckett 6), and in ord...

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Waiting for Godot is a play written by Samuel Beckett that captures this feeling and view of the world. ... The world of Waiting for Godot is one without any meaningful pattern, which symbolizes chaos as the dominating force in the world. ... The two tramps return to the same place every day to wait for Godot. ... Night falls instantly, and Godot never comes. ... Vladimir and Estragon return to the same place each day to wait for Godot and experience the same general events with variations each time. ...

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Waiting for Godot, The Dumb Waiter and The Bald Prima Donna are all typical of the purpose of absurd. ... The primary device used By Beckett in Waiting for Godot is to express this instinctive moment, is the poetic image. ... Godot can be understood as one of the many things in life people wait for. ...

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Samuel Beckett wrote one of the more successful absurdist plays, in 1956 called "Waiting for Godot". ... The tree that sprouts leaves in the second act of "Waiting for Godot" is generally considered to be one of the only indications that the day before hand actually happened before hand. ... With out the playwrights its obvious, but with out the actors the plays would never happen and not many people would want to read the garble that Lucky comes out with in "Waiting for Godot" and then their purpose would go unnoticed. ...

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Transformations Understand HOW texts are valued HOW they are re-circulated Language forms and features Quotes, symbols etc. Ideas, values, issues in relation to context LOOK AT HOW HAMLET WAS VALUED FOR ITS TIME, THE WAY IT WAS STUDIED IT"S VALUES, SYMBOLISM etc. Then COMPARE with Ros + Guil, a...

• Word Count: 3860
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• Grade Level: High School