Theme Of Nothingness In Waiting For Godot

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Waiting for Godot is one of the masterpieces of Samuel Beckett which was first performed on 5 January 1953 in the Theatre de Babylone, Paris. It is an absurd play of two acts and a ‘tragicomedy ‘of Beckett which actually is the translation of his own original French play En attendant Godot (Wikipedia contributors, Waiting for Godot). The entire action of this play enriches our sense of futility. In this play, nothingness creates everything. The futility or nothingness is the foundation of our existence, especially the life of the modern people. The play opens with the two characters, Vladimir and Estragon who are waiting for someone named Godot; who never arrives, not even in the end of the play; and while waiting for Godot, both of them including few more characters are busy in various discussions and some activities as well (Wikipedia contributors, Waiting for Godot). Both this characters represent ‘Nothingness’. Till the end, it was all about waiting, waiting for Godot, waiting for Hope, waiting for Life and nothingness that took place in the life and activities of the characters. Nothingness is an idea of Jean-Paul Sartre. In 1943, he wrote about seminal existentialist work being and Nothingness. Here, he depicted the theme of nothingness that at the root of our being there is nothingness. In early 20s, Samuel Becket was published his trend setting play Waiting for Godot, inspired by the existentialist philosophy of Albert Camus and Sartre. He also asserts in the play