Sentence:  Harold Clurman is right to say that `` Waiting for Godot '' is a reflection ( he calls it a distorted reflection ) `` of the impasse and disarray of <WSD>Europe</WSD> 's present politics , ethic , and common way of life '' . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use `Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles