Painterly two mismatched empty wooden chairs on a bare country road beneath a grey sky.

Original artwork, not a still

Waiting for Godot · 1952

Samuel Beckett

What are we doing here, that is the question.

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker places a simple question about present activity at the center of attention. Read more broadly, it can also ask about purpose: what does being here amount to? The line's openness allows an immediate practical uncertainty to carry a larger existential one.

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