Existence In Samuel Beckett's Waiting For Godot

In “Waiting for Godot” they speak a lot about Godot, but he never actually shows up. This brings much debate on whether his existence is important or not. There are many different perspectives in which you could read the play, and each one of them has a different meaning for Godot. I believe Samuel Beckett wrote the play this way to let us infer who we think Godot is depending on what perspective we have. For many, Godot is the father of time, and although they never make him appear as one of the characters, there is a great significance to him. Godot is a significant presence, regardless of his absence, because he affects the theme of the play, the character 's thoughts, and their actions throughout the entire play.

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Also throughout the play, they are always thinking about things they can do to pass the time, and always the thought goes back to talking about Godot and what he’d think of them doing certain things like hanging themselves or leaving. Apart from Gogo and Didi, Godot affects the thoughts of lucky as well. For example in the play Lucky was ordered to think aloud, starting on page 33, he says “Given the existence as uttered forth in the public works of Puncher and Wattmann of a personal God…” At a first glance you’d think it was just random words, but when you actually take your time and remove the repetitive words, you see what Lucky is really trying to say. Lucky speaks of a God, the father of time, and questions his existence. Towards the end of the play you realize that the God Lucky talked about is Godot. Godot is the father of time. As you can see, Godot affects Lucky’s thoughts as well, the few times he speaks, Lucky talks about the father of time, Godot, and his existence being important to mankind, but also questioning his existence because of his