es without the companionship and help of the other. They constantly negate their previous statements and go against their original thoughts. This makes the play more comical but also shows how dull the characters are and how they struggle with decision making. This also shows how socially weak the characters really are, much like Vladimir and Estragon. The previous lines from Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead not only dictate the need of companionship by the characters, but they also show a major similarity in the styles of the two playwrights. This similarity is the use of repetition. The use of repetition by Stoppard and Beckett in these two plays is used not only to emphasize ideas, but also to give a feel of dullness and boredom. In Waiting of Godot, Beckett utilized this strategy to show a tedium of existence. This is evident when Vladimir and Estragon continuously state the following lines throughout the play:Estragon: Let's go.Vladimir: We can't.Estragon: Why not?Vladimir: We are waiting for Godot. This is only one example of repetition in Godot. The play seemingly repeats itself. Act two is pretty much a repeat of act one in the play. Their lives in this play are extremely boring. They constantly repeat the same questions to each other. Should they stay together or not, should they commit suicide and should they part are all questions they bring up and repeat throughout the play. In Rosencrantz and Guildenstern repetition creates the feeling of two characters waiting for something to happen. This is evident when they are deciding whether or not to go after Hamlet. They are questioning the fact, but they figure in the middle of their discussion that he may end up going to where they are. They kind of repeat things to pass time in hopes to see if something in their lives would happen. Also Vladimir's repetition of Estragon's words and Rosencrantz's repetition of Guildenstern's further express the characters fe...
