"For each one who begins to weep, somewhere else another stops"  (#2)

 

This quote embodies the notion of repetition. The fact that emotions are in a cycle means they repeat themselves, so in essence, the experience of emotions is a repeated one.

 

Additionally it is evident in the play that both Estragon and Vladimir are replacable by one another; they both speak about certain topics with a similar mindset (i.e. they both repeat the same phrase "It hurts" multiple times in different manners). In doing so, often topics are repeated in different instances, again relating back to the idea of recurrance and redundancy.

 

The idea of redundancy is also exaggerated as Estragon and Vladimir go back and forth in a cycle asking whether they can leave the area but are reassured not to because they are "Waiting for Godot"

 

The notion of repetition in life is also present in Farenheit 451. In the novel, characters live the same "ideal" lives. They live an almost scheduled lifestyle; encompassing driving fast performing a job and coming home to watch the television day after day. Per example, upon being presented the opportunity to parttake in soemthing that deviates from the societal norm, Mildred says " How long you figure before we save up and get the fourth wall torn out and a fourth wall-TV put in? " (Atwood 10), showing her own but moreover society's inability to escape from their repetitive lifestyles.

 

Montag is only able to understand that his life is in such an endless, repetitive cycle once a third party, Mildred, steps in and he questions whether he is truly "happy" or not.

 

In both instances cycles and repetitive actions play a vital role, in that it defines characters' ways of living in Bradbury's Farenheit 451 and characters' actions and emotions in Beckett's Waiting for Godot.