Thursday, March 22, 2012

This post is going to be a bit similar to my post number 3 (3rd from the bottom), nevertheless I will try to go into more detail and try to explain my thoughts a bit better in this post.
So, as I said earlier;

"I understand the main theme of "Waiting for Godot" is that people are all the time waiting for something or someone. Yes, in this play the main characters are waiting for Godot - God but I believe there is a deeper meaning. It´s not about waiting for God, it´s about people and society. The fact that people are waiting for something all the time and usually don´t take any action to solve the problem themselves. Just like in the play when they say something like; "Let´s wait for Godot to decide." By this nothing will be sorted because Godot will never come and thus the cycle starts all over again because people are usually lazy to take their destiny into their own hands and do something."

By this paragraph I wanted to show my understanding of the play up to this point. NOW I have a twist in the story which makes me wonder...

A boy enters the stage. Estragon and Vladimir talk to him. The boy sais he is sent by Godot. By Godot! Suddenly I am not sure any more that Godot is suppose to represent God. And if yes, then what does this make the boy? An angel? Too religious. No. It also shows us that Vladimir and Estragon are not completely crazy. One could think that Godot does not exist. That it is only a made up thing, idea, etc.The boy is a solid proof of the fact that Godot exists. Somewhere.



I have a great announcement because two more characters have entered the play! Finally! It was starting to get a bit boring when there was only Estragon and Vladimir in the play all the time. So we have two more characters. Their names are Pozzo and Lucky.
Pozzo gives the expression of a slaver. (Lucky is the slave) He has a whip and he orders Lucky around all the time. Lucky on the other hand is the slave. He looks very tired, he also sleeps while he is standing. The rope around Luckys neck, is held by Pozzo. It has already left a rope injury around the slaves neck.
Pozzo decides to stay around a bit longer then one would expect. I thought they would walk by but no. They decide to stay. Well, to put things right. Pozzo decides to leave. Then he decides that they will stay a bit longer. This goes on and on and on. During this process Pozzo is also smoking his pipe. We are given no relief with his pipe either. There are tons of rhetorical questions such as; "should I smoke another?" (Pozzo) And no matter what the other say, it will end up exactly opposite of what you expected. First he sais something like "I shouldn´t smoke and I won´t" and by this time the pipe is back in his mouth and he is lighting it again.
I have finished the first part of the play so far and I´m am utterly confused and have absolutelly no idea what could be ahead of me in this play. I guess it will be a surprise!