البناء من اجل النفكيك: في انتظار قودو لسامويل بيكت والمستافيزيقا في رمزية الكهف لافلاطون
investigate how Waiting for Godot is a deconstructive and an artistic response
to Plato's philosophy in general and to Plato's Allegory of the Cave as a representative model of absolute,
essentialist, and Eurocentric hegemonic ideologies of subjugation. This study proposes that Waiting for
Godot is structured as a satire and a parody to purposefully deconstruct western metaphysic inherited
from Plato. The emphasis will be on Plato?s philosophy and its deep and wide effect on western
metaphysics and consciousness. While some critical discourses concerning Waiting for Godot follow a
reductionist approach, which limits the play?s contribution to mere a manifestation of certain
philosophical interpretations, such as existentialism and deconstructionism, this study attempts to prove
that the play could be construed as a deliberate deconstruction of western metaphysics through
adopting a satiric technique to dramatize a representation of the negative influence of western
philosophies inherited from Plato.The purpose of this deconstructionist?s process is not just for the sake of
demolition, but rather for the sake of building up new nonhierarchical techniques of exploring human life
through probing past philosophies and restudy them within the circumstances of the present. The study
proposes that Waiting for Godot deconstructs Western power relations apparatus which perpetuates
subjugation and which is rooted back in traditional philosophies and perceptions of Plato as they are
demonstrated in Allegory of the Cave. Although applying a Derridean deconstructionism to the play
cannot be considered new and original, yet combining it with an historical approach help in situating the
play within a socio-political and a socio-economic context. This might help in exploring new meanings
related to power relations of Eurocentricism?which is imminent in all social and political relations. Thus,
this study treats Waiting for Godot as a parody of Plato?s Allegory of the Cave. It is hoped that this new
perspective will deepen the significance of the play and enhance re-understanding and revisiting critical
areas like colonialism, stratification, feminism, and other areas connected to hegemonic discourses that
partly stem from Plato?s logocentric philosophies.