Friday, 20 March 2015

Waiting for Godot

    1] Waiting for Godot is very boring and meaningless play. Beckett use a country road, a tree and evening time as the setting of play. He inspired by the painting of Caspar David Frederick. In first painting we can see same setting as this play have. There are two person waiting for something, here in the play Vladimir and Estragon are waiting for Godot. they are deep longing for Godot, gut why they are waiting that they don’t know and we also don’t know. In the first painting we can see that there is no leaf in the tree and in the play same tree is there. But in second painting we can see the tree is sprouted and in the Act-II of the play the tree is blossomed. It shows hope.     
         2] The tree is one of the parts of setting, if the playwright use the tree there is some deeper meaning behind it. The tree is hope for both tramps. In act-I the is baron so it shows the emptiness in the life in both tramps. But in 2nd act the tree has four of five leaves. It shows the hope. It is thinkable for us that how the tree is blossomed in one night, so we can say that they are waiting for Godot still much time. 
         3] In both acts, evening falls into night it show the hope for the two tramps that Godot will come next day and they got their answer. “Coming of night and moon “is shows that time is not waiting for any one. We are keeping waiting for good time but time is not waiting for us. It’s come and goes.
              4] Use of debris in the play by director, it shows the reality of our life. If we don’t use our time in proper way than our life is fallen down like the building and became like debris. 
             5] “Nothing to be done” this sentence is shown the nothingness in both lives. They do very meaningless activities. Actually they are waiting for Godot, but they don’t know anything about Godot that how he is looking? When and where he come? So it meaningless for waiting.       
              7] Hat and Boots use as props in the play. Both props are means of their time pass. They changing hat and boots and passing their boring time. 
             8] Obedience of Lucky for his master Pozzo is irrelevant thing. It is good to give respect to our master but not like that as Lucky do. It is shows that Capitalism is not removed properly. It living somewhere and rule over the people like Lucky.
              9] According to me God is object of everything as well as nothing. If we believe that God is exist than we desire something from him but we don’t believe in God’s existence, we haven’t any hope from him and believed in ourselves. 
       10] “The subject of the play is not Godot but Waiting”, it shows the hope of something. May be they are waiting for death may be waiting for something to happened , may be waiting for  success or the just passes their time etc. They themselves don’t know why they are waiting.
                    11] Yes, while reading the play reader have to think on the dialogue of Vladimir, because this dialogue shows the unpleasant truth if human condition and deep philosophical thinking of human life. while viewing this play the dialogues goes of narrating speedily that’s why viewers cannot find enough time to think between the dialogue.
      13] Yes, the effect of existentialism clearly shown in this play, because existentialism itself represents the empty human condition. While in the movie it is clearly represent by the character of Estragon and Vladimir. Nothingness is the major part of their life. 

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