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Waiting for Godot
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June 30, 2018
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Jeff Koeppen
After being underwhelmed by this play after reading in high school I decided to give it another go and downloaded the Dublin Gate Theater performance on Librivox.

Again, it went over my head. I thought it was OK but I'm just not smart enough to pick up the play's symbolism or meanings, and this time did not have the luxury of having an English teacher offer their interpretations. It just seemed like a tedious conversation between two old guys with some interesting conversations with passerbys th
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Dr. Vipin Behari Goyal
Oct 22, 2015 rated it it was amazing
It’s all about waiting. The waiting is the only talked-about activity. The waiting is endless! The waiting is crucial! The waiting is commitment! There is no alternative but to wait.

So here, in ‘Waiting for Godot’ waiting is an action.

Let us contemplate on a few verses from Geeta. Geeta is the only religious book which is purely philosophical in nature.

What is action? What is inaction? Even the wise are confused in this matter. This action, I shall explain to you, having known which, you shall
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