Waiting for Godot

Waiting for Godot

1) What connection do you see in the setting (“A country road. A tree.Evening.”) of the play and these paintings?
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     In this picture two people are there. Both have desire. This picture also suggests that they are waiting for something. But In picture Longing is the theme of this painting. So Samuel Beckett inspired by this painting and then he writes "Waiting for Godot". In the painting they have desire but for which things, maybe they have desire to meet with God and to get position in Heven. So when we look towards painting we find that In painting they have desire and then when we look towards Beckett's play both waiting for something. So maybe In painting and In play both have same reason for waiting and for desire.

(2) The tree is the only important ‘thing’ in the setting. What is the importance of tree in both acts? Why does Beckett grow a few leaves in Act II on the barren tree - The tree has four or five leaves - ?

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In the play tree also becomes the symbol. Amd when we find that without leaves of tree. That picture gives some negitivity in our mind. We find that it is a symbol of something bad happens or it is a symbol of death also. And also suggests when we have no desire, no anything, it suggests death becomes ultimately we are becomes a part of life and death. So ultimately the truth is death. So In the play Estragon and Walidimir both are waiting for Godot. And both have desire to meet with Godot. They are waiting first day but that day Godot never came. But Godot send a messenger. He does not come. And then the second day he also does not come and again Godot send a messenger. So When first Godot does not come. At that time Walidimir sees a tree. On the tree new leaves grow. So it gives hope. So tree gives positivity that another day Godot definitely come. That's why they wait another day also. So tree becomes a symbol of hope.

(3) In both Acts, evening falls into night and moon rises. How would you like to interpret this ‘coming of night and moon’ when actually they are waiting for Godot?

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So In the paly day and night also invoves in the play. In the night also they are waiting. So maybe it becomes a symbol of negitivity. That nobody come. They only Weaste their       time. But they have hope that one day           Godot will Came. And both meets with Godot. So one day situation happens another day same situation are happens. Some miner change are found. But In the play repetition are there. But when we read the play and watch the movie we find that repetition also becomes the part of play and movie. That repetition also suggests something. So that repetition also creates new meaning. So it becomes a part of text and movie. So In another way night also gives a hope to wait for another day. And then another day also they waiting for Godot.       

                                                                              (3)      The director feels the setting with some debris. Can you read any meaning in the contours of debris in the setting of the play?                     

=>     so In the movie director uses debris in the setting of the play. So In the setting deberis there. Because of deberis we cannot see the path. The route is covers with debris. That'swhy  it becomes difficult to see the whole, clear route. And In between the tree is there. So the debris suggests the negitivity. But in this debris one tree is there. It suggests positivity. So every person negitivity is more than positivity. So In every person one hope that something good happens that hope is remain alive. Postivity and negitivity is connected with each other. So debris becomes the symbol of negitivity. And tree becomes the symbol of Postivity according to me.

(4) The play begins with the dialogue “Nothing to be done”. How does the theme of ‘nothingness’ recurs in the play?

=> "Nothing to be done" this dialogue has a deep meaning. It related with our life. In the both are waiting but nobody came but they have a hope that Godot will came. But nobody came another day also. So In the paly both act looks similar. No any plot main theme is waiting but nobody came both also not sure that who is Godot, and when Godot came, In which form, they does not know the appearance of Godot. So there is no beginning and no complete end. That's why nothingness there in the play.

(5) Do you agree: “The play (Waiting for Godot), we agreed, was a positive play, not negative, not pessimistic. As I saw it, with my blood and skin and eyes, the philosophy is: 'No matter what— atom bombs, hydrogen bombs, anything—life goes on. You can kill yourself, but you can't kill life." (E.G. Marshal who played Vladimir in original Broadway production 1950s)?
=> In the play Estragon and Vlalidimir both are talking. And both argues with each other. Both have their own point of view. That's why sometimes they becomes hiper to prove their point of view. No according to me the play is not negative but positive. Because it shows the reality of life. It is bitter but it is effective. Both are talking but in their small talk both tells the truth of life. So play is positive.

(6) How are the props like hat and boots used in the play? What is the symbolical significance of these props?
=> Hat and Boots becomes symbol. One hat is Pozzo's hat. And Vladimir takes this hat and put on his head. Another hat gives to Estragon and then he also put Vladimir's hat on his head and his hate gives to Vladimir. And then they again and again doing that. So it becomes a symbol of master - slave relationship. One is in top position so another is in bottom. And that situation constantly happens in society. One becomes poor and another becomes rich. And one becomes rich so another is in poor position.

(7) Even when the master Pozzo is blind, he obediently hands the whip in his hand. Do you think that such a capacity of slavishness is unbelievable?

=> Sometimes in very child age some becomes slave. And that's why they becomes habituated to follow the rules of master. Whatever their master says, they does whatever their master says. They becomes completely blind they only listens whatever his master says. In childhood they treated like that. That's why when master beats slave. They can't say any word to master. They forgets their strength. They serve their master like god.

(8) Who according to you is Godot? God? An object of desire? Death? Goal? Success? Or  . . .

=> According to me Success and Death both are like Godot. Because every person wants a success in their life. For success every person does hard work and then they got a success so it becomes like godot. And death is also like godot because then everything we get wherever we need then ultimately death is becomes a last station of our life. So at the end death fufills our whole desires. Ultimately we belong to death so death is also Godot for me. According to me In the movie or in the play tee becomes Godot because tree gives hope and postivity to Vladimir.

(9)  “The subject of the play is not Godot but ‘Waiting’” (Esslin, A Search for the Self). Do you agree? How can you justify your answer?
=> yes, I agree that the subject of the play is not Godot but Waiting, because In whole play nobody came, they waiting in the beginning of the play both ate waiting and at the end of the play both are waiting so waiting becomes the theme of the play.

(10) Do you think that plays like this can better be ‘read’ than ‘viewed’ as it requires a lot of thinking on the part of readers, while viewing, the torrent of dialogues does not give ample time and space to ‘think’? Or is it that the audio-visuals help in better understanding of the play?
=> Sometimes reading the dialogues, text becomes important because every seen does not gives deep impact but reading the text becomes necessary because when we read this play it gives a deep message, and in the movie the dialogue goes speedily that's why it becomes difficult to understand.

(11) Which of the following sequence you liked the most:

*  Vladimir – Estragon killing time in questions and conversations whilewaiting

  * Pozzo – Lucky episode in both acts

*  Converstion of Vladimir with the boy

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=>  I like both act first when Vladimir and Easragon killing their time at that time both arguing with each other and both tells deep philosophy of life in their conversations.

And second when Pozzo and Lucky came when Pozzo whatever says Lucky follows his order. But the Lucky has a sense of thinking, he only thinks and pozzo is only gives order. When Lucky stars speaking, everybody becomes irritated.

(12) Vladimir and Estragon talks about ‘hanging’ themselves and commit suicide, but they do not do so. How do you read this idea of suicide inExistentialism?

=> Both are ready to kill their self. Both are ready for suicide. But then they stops they thinks that both are waiting for Godot. In existentialism person believe in real existence then and  then they believe, they also does not believe in any proof. They believe in real experience. So whe both are waiting for Godot, they never see Godot, they never met Godot, they never talk with Godot, they never no that Godot came in which form, they never know the appreance of Godot then still both are waiting so In existentialism it becomes meaningless.

 (13) Can we do any political reading of the play if we see European nations represented by the 'names' of the characters (Vladimir - Russia; Estragon - France; Pozzo - Italy and Lucky - England)? What interpretation can be inferred from the play written just after World War II? Which country stands for 'Godot'?

=> Germany stands for Godot. Because In the play also Godot is not there physically but Godot mentally present through both the character especially Vladimir because Easragon forgets everything. And conuntry shows the ruling power on another country. And that's why In the play also Pozzo ruling over lucky. 

(14) So far as Pozzo and Lucky [master and slave] are concerned, we have to remember that Beckett was a disciple of Joyce and that Joyce hated England. Beckett meant Pozzo to be England, and Lucky to be Ireland." (Bert Lahr who played Estragon in Broadway production). Does this reading make any sense? Why? How? What?

=> pozzo rules over Lucky. Because he is slave. He has a power of thinking but still he does not rebel against his master. Because he becomes mentally blind because he only follows whatever his master says. He becomes a puppet of his master. England is powerful conuntry, England rules over many country that's why I think Beckette meant pozzo to be England. 

(15) The more the things change, the more it remains similar. There seems to have no change in Act I and Act II of the play. Even the conversation between Vladimir and the Boy sounds almost similar. But there is one major change. In Act I, in reply to Boy;s question, Vladimir says: 

"BOY: What am I to tell Mr. Godot, Sir?

VLADIMIR: 

Tell him . . . (he hesitates) . . . tell him you saw us. (Pause.) You did see us, didn't you?

=> In the conversation with the boy and Vladimir some minor changes came. In first act Vladimir says us and In second act he says me. And In both the when he talks with boy he hesitates. And first act end he has a hope that another they surely Godot will came. But then another day also not came. And boy came again and then his tone is changing. Only he remebers everything. Boy, Easragon, pozzo, and Lucky does not remembers everything. So memory creates difficulties for Vladimir. 

(16) How does this conversation go in Act II? Is there any change in seeming similar situation and conversation? If so, what is it? What does it signify?

=> In the second act all forgets the situation and incidents of first act only Vladimir remembers everything. And Pozzo becomes blind. And Lucky becomes dumb. And the tone of Vladimir also changed. When boy came again for same news. Vladimir said to boy, 

"Tell him you saw me

You're  sure you saw me, 

You won't come and tell me

tomorrow that you never saw me! 

=> At the end of the play the tone of Vladimir is same. But words are different. Accordingto my interpretation when first boy came at that time he hesitates to speaks with boy because of he has enthusiasm but In second act he hesitates to speaks with boy because of he is angry