... is thoroughly cryptic and open to an infinite number of interpretations and misinterpretations. Drawing heavily from religious themes and the Bible, the book is in some ways a repetitive rant on existentialism. Beckett never gave an interpretation of his own for the play and left it to his readers to unravel. The play is based on how two characters Vladimir and Estragon ... ...
... all the facts which are imputed to him, but still refuses to draw from them the conclusion which they impose"." In "Patterns of Bad Faith"," Sartre explains his views on existentialism through an example of a girl on a date. When her date makes a compliment about the girl's appearance, she ignores the sexual connotations of the compliment and directs the compliment at herself ... ...
... . And since Vladimir cannot rely on Estragon to remind him of things, he too exists in a state of forgetfulness. Another second reason for why they are together arises from the existentialism of their forgetfulness. Since Estragon cannot remember anything, he needs Vladimir to tell him his history. It is as if Vladimir is establishing Estragon's identity by remembering for him. Estragon ... ...
