EXISTENTIAL PROBLEMS AS A PHILOSOPHICAL CONFLICT (READING OF THE PLAY WAITING FOR GODOT)

The article deals with the study of poetics S. Beckett's play “Waiting for Godot”. This original and extremely capacious is minimalistic in form. secret capacity that, through four characters, Beckett showed human race miniature, modeling main types social private relationships: type equality (i.e., self-neighbor relationship) isrepresented by friends Vladimir Estragon, inequality/dependence represented Pozzo Lucky. relationship does not change second act either, a circumstances, but author's allegory enriched new content: only immutability inequalityshown, also interdependence subjects these relations. It can be read as an allegory: power blind slavery dumb, this one many examples how makes episode or dialogue expressive “stage metaphor”, builds whole chain metaphorical scenes, where each link its place. conflict lies two pairs characters behave “act waiting”: author differences nature antithesis passivity – active action, contemplative life practice. And extent to which meaning search achievable first looks equally doubtful. Absurd superficial view, form style are loaded philosophical meaning. Its simplicity bordering on primitive exposes essence existential tragedy existence unprecedented force.