Religious Allusions and their importance in Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett and The Outsider by Albert Camus.

... Ian Shaw English A1 HL Candidate number: D 0396 067 Religious Allusions and their importance in Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett and The Outsider by Albert Camus In Waiting for Godot and The Outsider, Beckett and Camus use allusions to suggest a series of ideas regarding religion. Allusions are pivotal in the development of other themes and ideas such as absurdism in both works. Both Beckett and Camus consider themselves absurdist writers, which is why constant references and questions relating to religion and the meaning of life are presented. The references to Christ through Meursault and Lucky in The Outsider and Waiting for Godot, respectively mirror the 5555 Allusions to Christ-like figures are dominant in both The Outsider and Waiting for Godot. The Outsider begins with Meursault learning of his Mother's death, who had been staying in an old person's home for 3 years. When he goes to the funeral he drinks coffee and

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