Claim: Waiting for Godot frames meaning as an external arrival (a messenger, an awaited sign), sustained by ritual and dialogue; Notes from Underground treats meaning as an internal corrosion and assertion of will, voiced through solitary confession.
- Godot (outward): waiting, ritual, shared language as a way to keep the world from collapsing.
- Notes (inward): refusal, self-contradiction, and hyper-consciousness as sources of pain and agency.
- Why answers stay elusive: because the human search splits — one path waits for certainty from outside, the other devours certainty from within.
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