of it to be tricked out of the single assumption that makes our existence viable that somebody is watching." If no one is watching then they are pretty much useless as actors. They play to audiences to be seen and heard, and if no one is their watching it is all pretty much useless. Estragon states on page 56: (to Vlad.) "Don't take your eyes off me." And on page 58, Vladimir says as part of a speech: " .... at me someone is looking." These lines point at an unseen audience. They are afraid to fall out of sight because that would mean that they would no longer exist. This suggest that they may possibly be aware that they are actually part of a play also. And thus their lives would be defined by the play. Waiting for Godot and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead both show, as absurdist drama would, the meaninglessness of life. In Godot, Vladimir's and Estragon's actions dictate their survival much like ours do. As an audience, we can only watch them do the same things, listen to them say the same things, and accept the fact that Godot may or may not come. The play shows us that we may search for an answer or a meaning to life and our existence, but we most likely will never find it. Godot may never come at all and we must accept the uncertainty of our lives. Through Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Stoppard tells us that death comes to all living things and is something that can never be understood or explained, but it is just something that is. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern search for answers, but in the end are just left without any real answers. Life to Stoppard just is, it can't be explained and if they would not have stressed over finding a meaning to it they would have led much happier lives. As you can see Beckett and Stoppard shared many common views in creating their plays. When reading Waiting for Godot and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, it becomes very obvious that it goes way beyond commonaliti...
