Using Friedrich Nietzsche's influential drives from the Apollonian and Dionysian dichotomy ideals in comparison to Samuel Beckett's themes in his play Waiting for Godot will exhibit the important balance between these two Deities and exactly what it is they represent in narrative as well as the primordial balance in human behavior.  In Samuel Beckett's play Waiting for Godot, the premise of the play consist of two main static characters Vladimir and Estragon, on a lonely road next to a dead tree. ... The problem lies in the fact that the characters have extreme memory issues an...

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For example in waiting for Godot, Vladimir and Estragon 'hope to pursue a relatively peaceful and predictable coexistence that distracts them from despair over the human condition.'3 To fully acknowledge my questions I will be focusing and examining in close detail the marital relationships presented through the couples worlds, created by Beckett, and the minimal interactions they have between one another, in hope to unpick the futility and impossibility whilst attempting to find some hope that could be amidst the futile lives Beckett's characters lead. ...

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