Godot syndrome [1] is a phenomenon in which a person has anxiety toward an upcoming event and repeatedly asks about it. This syndrome is categorized as a variant of anxiety and a psychological symptom of dementia [2]. The anxiety symptom in demented patients is considered as resulting from decreased cognitive (specifi cally memory) abilities, the inability to channel remaining thinking capaciti...

n Samuel Beckett’s play, Waiting for Godot, the characters ait by a country roadside for a person named Godot, who ever arrives (1). Godot’s conspicuous absence throughout he play has fostered a variety of different religious, philoophical, and psychoanalytical interpretations, and has led o the use of the phrase “waiting for Godot” as an expression or waiting for someone or something that will...

This study addresses Samuel Beckett’s most celebrated play, Waiting for Godot, in an effort to analyze its characters from a novel perspective. Since Greek mythology has been undisputedly influential on Western culture and literature, the researcher attempts to investigate a connection between Greek mythology and the play. This study aims to reveal that even after more than fifty seven years of...

this study addresses samuel beckett’s most celebrated play, waiting for godot, in an effort to analyze its characters from a novel perspective. since greek mythology has been undisputedly influential on western culture and literature, the researcher attempts to investigate a connection between greek mythology and the play. this study aims to reveal that even after more than fifty seven years of...

Samuel Beckett’s play of 1949 is a landmark of modern theatre. Two tramps, Vladimir and Estragon, await the arrival of the mysterious Godot. He does not come, although other sinister characters pass through. The tramps pass their time in meaningless activities and talk. Described by Beckett as a ‘tragicomedy in two acts’, the play is conventionally regarded as a tale of existentialist angst foc...

Eric Shanteau, who was a member of US Olympic Swim team, heard the three of the most chilling words just one week before the US Olympic trials: “You have cancer.” Regardless of his misfortune, he decided to compete in the 2008 Summer Olympics, where he posted a personal best time in the 200 meter breaststroke. After returning to his hometown, he underwent surgery and has become a legendary canc...

We investigate an improvement to GSAT which associates a weight with each clause. GSAT moves to assignments maximizing the weight of satisfied clauses and this weight is incremented when GSAT moves to an assignment in which this clause is unsatisfied. We present results showing that this algorithm and its variants outperform one of the best known modifications of GSAT to date using two metrics:...