Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett
In Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett, two men, Vladimir and Estragon, wait by a tree for someone named Godot, who never arrives. They pass the time through conversation—contemplating suicide, arguing, reconciling—and encountering two strange travelers, Pozzo and Lucky, as well as a boy messenger.
This happens twice, with the second act strongly mirroring the first. They keep waiting despite Godot’s absence, staying together because “habit is a great deadener.”
The play revolutionized theater by showing that a plot where nothing happens—twice—could powerfully explore human existence, companionship, and hope versus despair. Beckett’s masterpiece remains the defining work of absurdist theater.
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