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Notes on Beckett's "Waiting for Godot", "Endgame" and Other Plays (Cliffs notes)

Notes on Beckett's Waiting for Godot, Endgame and Other Plays (Cliffs notes)Authors: Jeffrey Fisher, James L. Roberts
Publisher: Hungry Minds Inc,U.S.
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ISBN: 0822013541
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Publication Date: July 14, 1980
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3 out of 5 stars Beckett seems to have written a methaphor of human existence   May 11, 2001
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Beckett, an Irish writer who moved to France, is the major representative of the Theatre of the Absurd, a trend that developed in the mid-20th century in Europe. Waiting for Godot is Beckett's first success, and the author was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1969. The play is all about two tramps, Vladimir and Estragon, waiting in the middle of nowhere for a person they have never met before but that they are sure will solve their problems. This person (maybe God?) will never come and the two tramps spend their time in aimless talk lead by boredom, force of habit and lack of hope. The hidden meaning of this pessimistic play is the meaninglessness of human existence. There is not a proper plot or story in the play because there is not a beginning or an end. Nothing happens and there is not any notion of chronological because the characters always repeat the same actions. The play is not an easy reading but it is highly suggested to those people who want to think over the irrationality of life.

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