Every human being continues to build a sandcastle for oneself, thinking that the finished building will define reasons of one’s life and existence. Despite endless attacks of winds and waves breaking down one’s hope, he or she never stops the attempts of constructing the castle. Piling up sand is the only task that provides a person reason to breathe.

Beckett believed in the need of constant pressure and compulsory activity in order to sustain life. In his play, Waiting for Godot, Samuel Beckett well developed the image of life as a vain goblet full of absurdity and irrationality.

Godot whom Estragon and Vladimir wait for is a vague figure without rigid definition. Although Godot has amorphous feature, it being the ultimate symbol of hope cannot be denied. They say he will come; yet he never did and there is no such a promise given that he will. Estragon and Vladimir simply want to believe that his arrival will be made and force themselves to wait for. If Godot does arrive so, Estragon and Vladimir will need “another Godot” to wait; waiting for obscure light of hope is what they’ve figured out as a path to bear absurdity of their existences.

Constant pressure forcing us to accomplish certain goal creates missions or roles for us to play in the universe; compulsory activities become vitamins that support our soul to survive. The only terminus of our waiting for Godot is death.

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