... result of it. People try to impose meaning on life through pattern and purposes to distract themselves from the fact that our situation is unfathomable. Waiting for Godot is a play written by Samuel Beckett that captures this feeling and view of the world. According to the play, a human being's life is totally dependant ... real or not, for order and direction. The basic premise of the play is that chance is the factor behind existence. The world of Waiting for Godot is one without any meaningful pattern, which symbolizes chaos as the dominating force in the world. There is no orderly seq...

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Is life really meaningless as posed by Beckett? Are we really just waiting around for some mystic "God" who will be a disappointment if he actually shows up? Yes, I agree with Beckett, life in the twenty-first century remains meaningless and we still wait pointlessly for the "Almighty God." We work hard our whole lives and for what? Material Possessions? Our whole society has the mentality that we should work harder and harder, so we can make more money, so we can afford to buy more stuff. The more stuff we have the happier we will be, right? Wrong, look at all the wealthy actors and actresses...

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Is life really meaningless as posed by Beckett? Are we really just waiting around for some mystic "God" who will be a disappointment if he actually shows up? Yes, I agree with Beckett, life in the twenty-first century remains meaningless and we still wait pointlessly for the "Almighty God." We work hard our whole lives and for what? Material Possessions? Our whole society has the mentality that we should work harder and harder, so we can make more money, so we can afford to buy more stuff. The more stuff we have the happier we will be, right? Wrong, look at all the wealthy actors and actresse...

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• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School