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Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot is an absurd play about two men, Vladimir (Didi) and Estragon (Gogo) who wait under a withered tree for Godot, who Vladimir says has an important but unknown message. This play is incredibly bizarre, because at times it is difficult to discern if there is a plot at all, and at other times, the play seems incredibly profound.

One of the most ambiguous aspects of Beckett's play is the identity of Godot. If the reader analyzes all the Biblical allusions, it is quite easy to say that Godot is God. (Actually, the word Godot can be anagrammed to say "To God," but it is questionable whether this is mere coincidence or has some significance.) The interpretation, then, would be of two men (mankind as a whole) waiting for something (salvation or proof) that will never come. (Every day, a messenger says that Godot will come tomorrow for certain.) This message is very appropriate when considering the play's existentialist aspects.

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Title: Reading Response To Waiting For Godot
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1. Reading Response To Waiting For Godot
   

   Reading Response To Waiting For Godot. Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot is
   an absurd play about two men, Vladimir (Didi) and Estragon ...

2. Silence And Paralysis
   

   ... When the play starts off, He is reading newspaper articles ... because he is afraid that
   his response will be ... on the surface, Hard Times, Shirley, Waiting for Godot ...

3. The Future In Black And White
   

   ... The revue was a response to a High Court ... as accessible and compelling to the reading
   public as ... example, in the Kimberleys; Samuel Beckett's Waiting For Godot ...