Waiting for Godot: Setting

Waiting for Godot is a unique play in many ways. Beckett's intention was to showcase the absurdism of the real world, but it seems the events of the play don't take play in the "real world" at all. Perhaps the lack of setting or defining time line add to absurdism, showing that the absurd can be present in all aspects of life, everywhere. A setting may have allowed the reader to contain the absurdism, classifying it a set location, secluding it far from the realms of day to day life. There is no defined plot of the play, just as certain days do not reach a climax. Yesterday I went to mock trial practice, then went to work, then watched television before going to bed. I went to bed feeling I had accomplished a lot. I had completed part of my direct examination for mock trial, organized and cleaned the menus at work, and cleared out the DVR. Upon reflection, none of these actions have meaning. They meant something to me at the time, but in the course of life none of my actions from yesterday will have meaning or change the world. By removing setting from his play, Beckett allows the audience to insert themselves into the realm of absurd, only to find they have been living there far before the play began.