Absurdity in Mood Indigo and Waiting for Godot

Abstract

The message of the Mood Indigo and Waiting for Godot thus seems to be that God will show divine mercy only to those who please him and damn the rest to hell. Hence life is absurd, certainly, but only for the antiheroic who refuse to embrace God’s statutes. The life of meaninglessness and absurdity and vanity in waiting is thus for those who do not embrace the life of faith and learn to lean on God’s promises. Indeed, what God gives us is essentially a promise- a promise of hope if we learn to lean on him and seek him, and a life of meaninglessness, vanity and empty striving if we lead the faithless life. So indeed, the play might be indeed seem to be about the vanity about waiting for God, but one should rather see it as the vanity of waiting for God without faith, because God promises a life of meaning and coherence to those who put their faith in him.