A pair of brown gloves rests on a stool beside a closed wooden door with a glowing keyhole.

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Waiting for Godot · 1952

Samuel Beckett

We’re waiting for Godot.

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker states plainly what they are doing: waiting for a person named Godot. The flat, matter-of-fact declaration makes waiting sound like their entire purpose in the moment. Its simplicity leaves the expected arrival, and what it might change, unanswered.

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