《毛猿》和《等待戈多》是现代主义的经典之作,其中的主人公都经历了人类生存状态的困境,资本主义现代文明对人性的毁灭、对生命的扼杀是人的困境的社会根源,而人类对自身命运的无知更是人自身的悲剧。这外在的和人类自身内在的双重根源,注定了人类悲剧的必然。本文从表现主义与存在主义入手,对人类生存困境进行深入探讨,试图找到解决这一困境的办法。 “Ape” and “Waiting for Godot” are the classic works of modernism, in which the protagonists have experienced the predicament of human existence, the destruction of human nature by capitalist modern civilization and the killing of human beings are the social roots of human predicament , And human ignorance of their own destiny is more human tragedy. This inherent double root of humanity and externalities have bound the inevitability of human tragedies. This article starts with expressionism and existentialism and probes into the predicament of human existence in an attempt to find a solution to this predicament.