Beckett deals with the constant failure yet constant trying of the human condition, with an ironical remove that discovers humor in the blackest circumstances. There is a dignity in the endurance: Humanity has kept its appointment even if Godot hasn't. There is a perverse religiosity in the acceptance of leneant; a purity of a-belief that elevates and sustains. The balance of Beckett's stasis creates a positive acceptance. Do not despair: One of the thieves was saved. Do not presume: One of the thieves was damned. The thieves are Didi and Gogo, Hamm and Clov, you and I.2 Finally, conclusions about Beckett's work will arise from the work itself: "Hamm as stated, and Clov as stated, nectecum nec sine te, in such a place, and in such a world, that's all I can manage, more than I could.