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Day 28 - Waiting for Godot

The title of this text refers to a famous play written by Samuel Beckett. Beckett wrote this play when he already had fame and recognition from his peers, but the play came to sediment his talent. Beckett also wrote other notable pieces, however, Waiting for Godot remains the main milestone in his prolific career. The play was written in French, a language that Beckett spoke perfectly, in fact, he lived in Paris most of his life to the point of identifying himself with the French culture. To this day, Samuel continues to be one of the main referents of the “Theatre of the absurd”, a term used to talk about those plays whose plot is unclear, bordering on absurdity, comedy, and also with tinges of realism. A great example of this style of theatre is indeed Waiting for Godot. The play revolves around two middle-aged men, a pair of friends who are in the middle of nowhere. As soon the play begins it’s clear that both characters are lost, they don’t know where they are, or where they come from, let alone where they are going. In this sense, the play mirrors the ageless philosophical questions Who am I? Where do I come from? and Where am I going?. In fact, the author intended to replicate on the stage these existential questions by using the irony of the absurd, so that the audience can relate to the characters in an indirect way. As for the script, Beckett resorts to illogic dialogues that reveal nothing in regards to the characters’ background or motivations. At this point, the play is sublime because even though the spectator can understand nothing about what’s going on the stage, it’s still possible to relate to the dialogues, sentiments, and agonies of the characters. Perhaps, this is due that we the same as Vladimir and Estragon live our lives without really comprehending why we are here, or what is the sense of it all. This is precisely the point of existentialism, and this play portrays this internal crisis masterfully. Nonetheless, Beckett always refused to answer any question related to the meaning of the play. He used to say that the play was there to be interpreted by each spectator according to their beliefs. For some, Godot refers to a God that would come to give meaning to their lives, for others Godot is just a supreme reason that keeps them alive. Whatever the case, the play is fantastic.

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The title of this text refers toWaiting for Godot is a famous play written by Samuel Beckett.

Beckett wrote this play when he already had fame and recognition from his peers, but the playit further caeme to sediment hisnted his immense talent.

no idea what you're going for, but it's not sediment.

While Beckett also wrote other notable pieces, however, Waiting for Godot remains the main milestone in his prolific career.

The play was written in French, a language that Beckett spoke perfectly, in fact, he lived in Paris most of his life to the point of identifying himselfand identified strongly with the French culture.

To this day, SamuelBeckett continues to be one of the main referentregarded as one of the foremost writers of the “Theatre of the aAbsurd”, a term used to talk about thosestyle of plays whose plot is unclear, bordering on absurdity, containing both comedy, and also with tinges of realism.

The play revolves around two middle-aged men, Vladimir and Estragon, a pair of friends who are in the middle of nowhere.

adding the names of the characters because you refer to them later on without saying who they are.

In this sense, the play mirrors the ageless philosophical questions "Who am I?", "Where do I come from?", and "Where am I going?"

In fact, the author intended to replicate on the stage these existential questions by using the irony of the absurd, so that the audience can relate to the characters in an indirect way.

Grammatically correct but not really clear what you're getting at. What is the irony of the absurd? Why does it help the audience relate to the characters?

As for the script, Beckett resorts towrites illogical dialogues that reveal nothing in regards toing the characters’ backgrounds or motivations.

At this point, tThe play is sublime because even though the spectator canmay understand nothing about what’s going on the stage, it’s still possible to relate to the dialogues, sentiments, and agonies of the characters.

Perhaps, this is due that we the same asbecause, like Vladimir and Estragon, we live our lives without really comprehending why we are here, or what is the sense of it all.

This is precisely the point of existentialism, and thise play portrays thisat internal crisis masterfully.

Nonetheless, Beckett always refused to answer any question related to the meaning of the play.

He used to say that the play was there to be interpreted by each spectator according to their beliefs.

For some, Godot refers to a God that would come to give meaning to their lives, for others Godot is just a supreme reason that keeps them alive.

Whatever the case, the play is fantastic.

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sefirat

July 29, 2020

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Thanks so much noon! For your time, corrections and explanations. Sediment is a false friend. In spanish we say "sedimentar" instead of "cement". Thanks for pointing that out =D

Day 28 - Waiting for Godot

The title of this text refers to a famous play written by Samuel Beckett.

Beckett wrote this play when he already had fame and recognition from his peers, but the play came to sedicement his talent.

Beckett also wrote other notable pieces,; however, Waiting for Godot remains the main milestone in his prolific career.

“However” is a adverbial conjunction and not a coordinating conjunction in English. It cannot be used to connect clauses.

The play was written in French, a language that Beckett spoke perfectly, i. In fact, he lived in Paris most of his life, to the point of identifying himself with the French culture.

To this day, SamuelBeckett continues to be one of the main referents ofwriters associated with the “Theatre of the absurd”, a term used to talk about those plays whose plot is unclear, bordering on absurdity, and comedy, and also with tinges of realism.

Public figures are rarely referred to by first name in academic writing, unless you are discussing someone’s childhood and/or the context of their family.

A great example of this style of theatre is indeed Waiting for Godot.

The play revolves around two middle-aged men, a pair of friends who are in the middle of nowhere.

As soon the play begins it’s clear that both characters are lost,: they don’t know where they are, or where they come from, let alone where they are going.

In this sense, the play mirrors the ageless philosophical questions: Who am I?

Where do I come from?

aAnd Wwhere am I going?.

The original format would also have worked, but you would have needed to use quotation marks. You could also reword the phrases to be indirect questions (“where I am”).

In fact, the author intended to replicate on the stage these existential questions by using the irony of the absurd, so that the audience canwould be able to relate to the characters in an indirect way.

“Intended” is in the imperfect, so we should use the imperfect again or the conditional.

As for the script, Beckett resorts to illogical dialogues that reveals nothing in regards to the characters’ backgrounds or motivations.

“Background” would be if you are referring to their background together.

At this point, the play is sublime because even though the spectator can understand nothing about what’s going on the stage, it’s still possible to relate to the dialogues, sentiments, and agonies of the characters.

Perhaps, this is due that wbecause we are the same as Vladimir and Estragon, liveing our lives without really comprehending why we are here, or what is the sense of it all is.

This is precisely the point of existentialism, and this play portrays this internal crisis masterfully.

Nonetheless, Beckett always refused to answer any question related to the meaning of the play.

He used to say that the play was there to be interpreted by each spectator according to their beliefs.

For some, Godot refers to a God that would come to give meaning to their lives,; for others Godot is just a supreme reason that keeps themn ultimate reason for which they stay alive.

“Supreme reason” doesn’t sound right to me.

Whatever the case, the play is fantastic.

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sefirat

July 29, 2020

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Thanks so much! I have a question. In both corrections, you and Keezus changed "illogic dialogues" for "Illogical dialogue". Apparently "Illogic" is not a word, but why to use Dialogue in singular?

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July 29, 2020

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I only really see “dialogues” in reference to the literary genre (“Socratic dialogues”) or when multiplicity is important (“a set of dialogues for exam preparation”). For referring to speech itself in general, whether theatrical or not, which is what I took to be your meaning, I would use “dialogue.”

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sefirat

July 29, 2020

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Very clear. Thanks again!

Day 28 - Waiting for Godot

The title of this text refers to a famous play written by Samuel Beckett.

Beckett wrote this play when he already had fame and recognition from his peers, but the play came to sedicement his talent.

Beckett also wrote other notable pieces, h. However, Waiting for Godot remains the main milestoneachievement in his prolific career.

"Milestone" usually refers to a major positive event in someone's life or an important political moment. It sort of works when talking about art, but not quite.

A great example of this style of theatre is indeed Waiting for Godot.

The play revolves around two middle-aged men, a pair of friends who are in the middle of nowhere.

As soon the play begins it’s clear that both characters are lost, t. They don’t know where they are, or where they coame from, let alone where they are going.

In fact, the author intended to replicate on the stage these existential questions by using the irony of the absurd, so that the audience canould relate to the characters in an indirect way.

As for the script, Beckett resorts to illogical dialogues that reveals nothing in regards to the characters’ backgrounds or motivations.

Perhaps, this is due that we the same asbecause we, like Vladimir and Estragon, live our lives without really comprehending why we are here, or what is the sense of it all.

This is precisely the point of existentialism, and this play portrays this internal crisis masterfully.

Nonetheless, Beckett always refused to answer any question related to the meaning of the play.

He used to say that the play was there to be interpreted by each spectator according to their beliefs.

Whatever the case, the play is fantastic.

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Well done. There are a handful of places where a sentence should end instead of continuing with a comma. Hopefully that will be easy to catch in the future.

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sefirat

July 29, 2020

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Thanks so much! Yes, I know I have to study punctuation rules, I'll do it in August. Thnaks again :D

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keezus

July 29, 2020

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Cool. One thing I forgot to mention. You should break up long blocks of text into paragraphs. Remember to create a new paragraph every 3-5 sentences or so.

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sefirat

July 29, 2020

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Yes! I put it all together because they look shorter this way. So that people don't get discouraged in front of a long text. Maybe I should split my texts up, to make them more "user friendly" =D

Day 28 - Waiting for Godot


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The title of this text refers to a famous play written by Samuel Beckett.


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The title of this text refers toWaiting for Godot is a famous play written by Samuel Beckett.

Beckett wrote this play when he already had fame and recognition from his peers, but the play came to sediment his talent.


Beckett wrote this play when he already had fame and recognition from his peers, but the play came to sedicement his talent.

Beckett wrote this play when he already had fame and recognition from his peers, but the play came to sedicement his talent.

Beckett wrote this play when he already had fame and recognition from his peers, but the playit further caeme to sediment hisnted his immense talent.

no idea what you're going for, but it's not sediment.

Beckett also wrote other notable pieces, however, Waiting for Godot remains the main milestone in his prolific career.


Beckett also wrote other notable pieces, h. However, Waiting for Godot remains the main milestoneachievement in his prolific career.

"Milestone" usually refers to a major positive event in someone's life or an important political moment. It sort of works when talking about art, but not quite.

Beckett also wrote other notable pieces,; however, Waiting for Godot remains the main milestone in his prolific career.

“However” is a adverbial conjunction and not a coordinating conjunction in English. It cannot be used to connect clauses.

While Beckett also wrote other notable pieces, however, Waiting for Godot remains the main milestone in his prolific career.

The play was written in French, a language that Beckett spoke perfectly, in fact, he lived in Paris most of his life to the point of identifying himself with the French culture.


The play was written in French, a language that Beckett spoke perfectly, i. In fact, he lived in Paris most of his life, to the point of identifying himself with the French culture.

The play was written in French, a language that Beckett spoke perfectly, in fact, he lived in Paris most of his life to the point of identifying himselfand identified strongly with the French culture.

To this day, Samuel continues to be one of the main referents of the “Theatre of the absurd”, a term used to talk about those plays whose plot is unclear, bordering on absurdity, comedy, and also with tinges of realism.


To this day, SamuelBeckett continues to be one of the main referents ofwriters associated with the “Theatre of the absurd”, a term used to talk about those plays whose plot is unclear, bordering on absurdity, and comedy, and also with tinges of realism.

Public figures are rarely referred to by first name in academic writing, unless you are discussing someone’s childhood and/or the context of their family.

To this day, SamuelBeckett continues to be one of the main referentregarded as one of the foremost writers of the “Theatre of the aAbsurd”, a term used to talk about thosestyle of plays whose plot is unclear, bordering on absurdity, containing both comedy, and also with tinges of realism.

A great example of this style of theatre is indeed Waiting for Godot.


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The play revolves around two middle-aged men, a pair of friends who are in the middle of nowhere.


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The play revolves around two middle-aged men, Vladimir and Estragon, a pair of friends who are in the middle of nowhere.

adding the names of the characters because you refer to them later on without saying who they are.

As soon the play begins it’s clear that both characters are lost, they don’t know where they are, or where they come from, let alone where they are going.


As soon the play begins it’s clear that both characters are lost, t. They don’t know where they are, or where they coame from, let alone where they are going.

As soon the play begins it’s clear that both characters are lost,: they don’t know where they are, or where they come from, let alone where they are going.

In this sense, the play mirrors the ageless philosophical questions Who am I?


In this sense, the play mirrors the ageless philosophical questions: Who am I?

In this sense, the play mirrors the ageless philosophical questions "Who am I?", "Where do I come from?", and "Where am I going?"

Where do I come from?


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and Where am I going?.


aAnd Wwhere am I going?.

The original format would also have worked, but you would have needed to use quotation marks. You could also reword the phrases to be indirect questions (“where I am”).

In fact, the author intended to replicate on the stage these existential questions by using the irony of the absurd, so that the audience can relate to the characters in an indirect way.


In fact, the author intended to replicate on the stage these existential questions by using the irony of the absurd, so that the audience canould relate to the characters in an indirect way.

In fact, the author intended to replicate on the stage these existential questions by using the irony of the absurd, so that the audience canwould be able to relate to the characters in an indirect way.

“Intended” is in the imperfect, so we should use the imperfect again or the conditional.

In fact, the author intended to replicate on the stage these existential questions by using the irony of the absurd, so that the audience can relate to the characters in an indirect way.

Grammatically correct but not really clear what you're getting at. What is the irony of the absurd? Why does it help the audience relate to the characters?

As for the script, Beckett resorts to illogic dialogues that reveal nothing in regards to the characters’ background or motivations.


As for the script, Beckett resorts to illogical dialogues that reveals nothing in regards to the characters’ backgrounds or motivations.

As for the script, Beckett resorts to illogical dialogues that reveals nothing in regards to the characters’ backgrounds or motivations.

“Background” would be if you are referring to their background together.

As for the script, Beckett resorts towrites illogical dialogues that reveal nothing in regards toing the characters’ backgrounds or motivations.

At this point, the play is sublime because even though the spectator can understand nothing about what’s going on the stage, it’s still possible to relate to the dialogues, sentiments, and agonies of the characters.


At this point, the play is sublime because even though the spectator can understand nothing about what’s going on the stage, it’s still possible to relate to the dialogues, sentiments, and agonies of the characters.

At this point, tThe play is sublime because even though the spectator canmay understand nothing about what’s going on the stage, it’s still possible to relate to the dialogues, sentiments, and agonies of the characters.

Perhaps, this is due that we the same as Vladimir and Estragon live our lives without really comprehending why we are here, or what is the sense of it all.


Perhaps, this is due that we the same asbecause we, like Vladimir and Estragon, live our lives without really comprehending why we are here, or what is the sense of it all.

Perhaps, this is due that wbecause we are the same as Vladimir and Estragon, liveing our lives without really comprehending why we are here, or what is the sense of it all is.

Perhaps, this is due that we the same asbecause, like Vladimir and Estragon, we live our lives without really comprehending why we are here, or what is the sense of it all.

This is precisely the point of existentialism, and this play portrays this internal crisis masterfully.


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This is precisely the point of existentialism, and thise play portrays thisat internal crisis masterfully.

Nonetheless, Beckett always refused to answer any question related to the meaning of the play.


Nonetheless, Beckett always refused to answer any question related to the meaning of the play.

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He used to say that the play was there to be interpreted by each spectator according to their beliefs.


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For some, Godot refers to a God that would come to give meaning to their lives, for others Godot is just a supreme reason that keeps them alive.


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For some, Godot refers to a God that would come to give meaning to their lives,; for others Godot is just a supreme reason that keeps themn ultimate reason for which they stay alive.

“Supreme reason” doesn’t sound right to me.

Whatever the case, the play is fantastic.


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