Essay from the year 2016 in the subject Didactics for the subject English - Literature, Works, grade: 3.3, Education University of Hong Kong (Department of Literature and Cultural Studies), language: English, abstract: This essay will use a famous play "Waiting for Godot" to illustrate how absurdist characteristics are used in the theatre of the absurd, how each of these absurdist characteristics are related to the audience in real life, as well as the meanings behind each of these absurdist characteristics that the theatre of the absurd wants to convey.