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Waiting For Godot Samuel Beckett PDF
Waiting For Godot Samuel Beckett PDF
Waiting For Godot Samuel Beckett PDF
THEMES
Nothing Matters The tragicomedy Waiting for Godot was the first truly successful play
in the genre called Theatre of the Absurd. Like other absurdist plays,
it asks a serious question: Does the human condition have meaning?
The conversations of the main characters, Vladimir and Estragon,
are ridiculous, their actions pointless. Godot never comes.
Folly of Seeking
Meaning
Vladimir and Estragon wait, hoping
for meaning and direction, but
Godot never arrives.
Absurdity of Existence
Nothing is worthwhile, so
Vladimir and Estragon agree
Purposelessness of Life to leave. But they never move,
and nothing changes.
Vladimir and Estragon realize there
is nothing to do, and Pozzo and
Lucky are just as lost.
Main Characters
Estragon/Gogo Lucky
A man Leashed and
burdened man
Vladimir/Didi Pozzo
A man Pompous man;
believes he has control
over circumstances
Boy
Godot's messenger
Symbols
Leafless Tree
Represents lack of
vitality and meaning
Pozzo's Rope
Represents the impediments
to freedom that make up
the human condition
Lucky's Baggage
Symbolizes the burdens
humans carry and
can't put down
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Acts in Waiting for Godot Rank of Waiting for Godot in a
National Theatre survey
of the most significant
English-language plays SAMUEL BECKETT
1906–89