In this case, we can assume that this ‘something’ is the character named Godot.īut the fact that the thing that they hoped for never came around leads me to another theme that was also important in Waiting for Godot, the hostility of the universe we are in. ![]() This adds to their frustration and their desperation for something that they’ve hoped for to come along and give meaning to their lives. These people just merely exist, there is nothing special about them, and they do not grow and develop in any way. Instead, we hear their nicknames, “Didi” and “Gogo”, and only once do we hear each of their first names. While we know them as Vladimir and Estragon because of the script, we never actually hear these names in the play. The fact that there is nothing distinct about them also makes it harder for us, as the audience, to relate to any of the characters, thus forcing us to look at them externally and analyze them from a distance.Īnother thing to note about the two main characters is their lack of identity. The characters, especially Albert Vladimir and Adam Estragon, always forget things, and their memory issues not only create a dependency between the two of them, but also makes them unable to discuss their past, their background, nor the experiences that have shaped them into who they are. We do not know anything about them, who they are, where they are from, and it seems, that neither do they. None of them have a set personality or anything that makes them distinct. Humans communicate with each other because we have information that we’d like to pass on, but what if we had nothing to share? That would make us seem empty as there is nothing particularly special or useful about us, and this is the case with the characters of the play. Are we also talking without truly saying anything? Is what we say as nonsensical and meaningless as their dialogue? ![]() The point of Beckett making the basics of language seem so complicated, and the way that they speak and their logic make no sense at all, was for us to reflect on our ways of communicating. ![]() However, we must not ignore that there have been moments when the communication between the men were successful, as the message of what they were saying did get across to us. There are plenty of times in the play when the conversation seems to make no sense to us, and we start to see that these characters are talking so much, without actually saying much at all.Īnd perhaps, the most illogical part of all was Lucky’s monologue, in which he never truly finishes a coherent thought, let alone a full sentence. We observe this with the way that the characters speak to each other, in a nonsensical sort of way with an odd sense of rhythm. ![]() These are the themes that Samuel Beckett hoped to send as a message to us, namely, the deterioration of the human body, the uselessness of waiting, and, as is expected of absurdist plays, existentialism.Īnother very noticeable theme in the play is the lack or loss of communication. During our personal analysis of the text and of life, certain concepts pop up more than others.
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