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unusual facts about Samuel Becket



Samir Farid

His graduation thesis was entitled "The Meaning of Silence in Waiting for Godot by Samuel Becket".

Vladimir Estragon

Both names were chosen by Harth who had favored Samuel Becket as a writer from around 1968 on.Harth interpreted the two characters Wladimir and Estragon in Waiting for Godot as West Germany and East Germany during the Cold War who are waiting for unification.Surprisingly to everybody the iron curtain collapsed some months after the foundation of the music group Vladimir Estragon.


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