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            I find it very interesting that all of the works that we’ve read connect to the time period that they were written in, and this one is no exception. While I found this play frustrating at times to read I also thought it was very amusing. Obviously the cause of this is the absurdism within this play. This play expresses absurdism in various ways from expressing the theme that life has no meaning or significance to employing circular and highly repetitive plots.

            The play starts with our two characters Vladimir and Estragon waiting Godot. They come the first day and wait for him with no luck and come the second day to do the same. They never state their purpose of waiting for this mysterious figure but instead they converse, essentially about nothing. In one conversation Vladimir starts, “Charming evening we’re having/Unforgettable/And it’s not over/ Apparently not/ It’s only the beginning/ it’s awful/ Worse than the pantomime/the circus/ The music-hall/ The Circus” (1.486-495). This lack of purpose expresses the idea that life has no meaning or significance. Neither Vladimir nor Estragon have anything of importance to do so they wait around for a man to maybe appear.  The plot is also very repetitive as they do the same thing the next day. The men come together, have mundane conversations, and wait for a man to appear who never does.  By creating two character’s with no purpose, Beckett is able to incorporate the idea of absurdism into his work.

My questions are:

Is there ever a time in this poem that you disagree with my statement and if so where is it.

Also why do you think that Beckett chose to incorporate absurdism into his work, what is it's purpose?