Abstract

Truth in Samuel Becket’s “Waiting for Godot”

Dr. Murthadha Adel Bader

Volume: 13 Issue: 2 2023

Abstract:

Waiting for Godot is a play by Samuel Beckett in which two characters, Vladimir (Didi) and Estragon (Gogo), engage in a variety of discussions and encounters while awaiting the titular Godot, who never arrives. Waiting for Godot is a play driven by a lack of truth in other words, uncertainty. Characters are unable to act in any meaningful way and claim this is because they are uncertain of the consequences. Without the presence of objective truth, every statement is brought into question, and even common labels (color, time, names) become arbitrary and subjective. In Waiting for Godot, Beckett espouses the Existentialist tenet that the world is without meaning, but disagrees with the belief that one can give the world meaning and purpose through action.

DOI: http://doi.org/10.37648/ijrssh.v13i02.060

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