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Samuel Becketts Waiting for Godot is an absurd play about two men, Vladimir (Didi) and Estragon (Gogo) who wait under a withered tree for Godot, who Vladimir says has an important but unknown message. ...
One of the most ambiguous aspects of Becketts play is the identity of Godot. If the reader analyzes all the Biblical allusions, it is quite easy to say that Godot is God. (Actually, the word Godot can be anagrammed to say "To God," but it is questionable whether this is mere coincidence or has some significance.) The interpretation, then, would be of two men (mankind as a whole) waiting for something (salvation or proof) that will never come. (Every day, a messenger says that Godot will come tomorrow for certain. ...
Interestingly, Vladimir and Estragon deny that they know Godot when Pozzo asks them. ... Perhaps Pozzo is really Godot, as he was mistaken for Godot, or maybe Pozzo is just there as a deception. ... These words truly represent a disintegrating mind (one given to too much waiting). ...
But more importantly, Waiting for Godot illustrates an attitude toward mans experience on earth: the poignancy, oppression, camaraderie, hope, corruption, scum, and bewilderment at the human antithesis that can only be reconciled in mind of the absurdist.
Approximate Word count = 899
Approximate Pages = 3.6
(250 words per page double spaced)
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