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    Visions of Absurdism in Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot
    (2019-06) Chawki Moussa Aouina, Yassine Sahraoui
    Abstract Philosophical ideas diversified and multiplied to a great extent within the chronology of literary discourse, that they grew much dependent upon each other, for instance, existentialism and absurdism. And the present case study of Samuel Beckett's waiting for Godot is one example of this intertwinement. Samuel Beckett’s dramatic work Waiting for Godot (1952) is one of the most enigmatic plays of the modern era, and an embodiment of the twentieth century philosophies, it is a play where nothing happens twice. Hence, the purpose of the present research is to examine the visions of the absurd and futility of human situation in a world devoid of eternal values .it analysis Samuel Beckett’s Waiting For God both thematically and stylistically, From what was demonstrated in the sociohistorical context to the work of Beckett and how it represents the philosophy of the absurd form on side and existentialism from the other. This leads us to study the play thematically and stylistically thorough the examination of the idea of death and suicide as an answer to the absurd. The intermingled presence of religious themes within a discourse full of uncertainty. Moreover, it focuses on the meaning behind the title and how waiting makes the whole play, rather than Godot. It also examines how language fails to convey any meaning. Last but not least it points out symbolic elements lying in the play settings.As a result, we conclude that waiting for Godot is much more than a play where nothing happens. It is a work of an inquisitive mind that portrays the human condition and hopelessness of any system of thought that can provide a definitive answer to what does it mean to exist