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TIME ECHOING LIFE "The whole life of a man is but a point of time; let us enjoy it, therefore, while it lasts, and not spend it to no purpose." These inspirational words of Plutarch surely echo through many minds as the strife and tragedy within Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot and Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman are envisioned. Time is the ubiquitous force present in these dramatic works that cannot be ignored. The significance of time as a theme is a vital aspect in both plays with striking contrasts echoing throughout the plot reinforcing the tragedy of wasted lives. Time is a source of structure. The world naturally plans events and actions based upon the hours of a day and for Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman and Vladimir and Estragon in Waiting for Godot, there is no exception. This source of structure ties into the...

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