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In his short play Waiting for Godot, Samuel Beckett uses the lives of the two main characters, Vladimir and Estragon, to comment on the human condition of helplessness. Throughout the play, references to help, as well as people calling out for help, are used to convey the different ways humanity’s helpless condition is manifested in real life. Beckett points to the way people look to religion for help, how they, in the absence of other options, call out to each other or themselves. ...
Beckett uses Godot to represent God and religion, and portrays humanity’s dependence on those things for help through Vladimir and Estragon’s relationship to him. They are waiting for Godot to help them, to rescue them from their current situation-stuck mindlessly wasting their days together.
Approximate Word count = 652 Approximate Pages = 2.6 (250 words per page double spaced)
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