Thinking activity : Waiting for Godot
Waiting for Godot is play written by Samuel Beckett. This blog is my academic thinking activity.
• What connection do you see in the setting (“A country road. A tree.Evening.”) of the play and these paintings?
The connection between painting and paly. This painting Casper David Friedrich. This painting suggest the hope with symbol of tree evening and country road. The country road connected with waiting for someone. And tree is symbol of hope. No one is coming but hope was there. Hope is give a sympathy to continue that meaningless waiting. That represents human life of realty. We all are passing a time and waiting for death.
• 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 ?
The culture connected with Nature. Most of writer describe a Nature as part of our life. Beckett used opposite metaphor for leaves as a tears and weeping. Crying is a symbol of living a life. And other thing is absurdity of life. Leaves suggest the hope. Nature does not effected by human life and emotion. Nature cycle is keep growing Never stopped.
• 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?
Night is symbol of Death. And moon is used as a hope. Vladimir and Estragon are waiting for Godot whole day. But no one come. So they only passed time nathing else. Still they waiting for Godot.
• The director feels the setting with some debris. Can you read any meaning in the contours of debris in the setting of the play?
The director feels the setting with debris. It is shown the effect of world war ll. Life is deal with debris things. Like meaningful things people find in the meaningless things.
• The play begins with the dialogue “Nothing to be done”. How does the theme of ‘nothingness’ recurs in the play?
“ Nothing to be done” the play started with good idea. It is also called Existentialism. Nothingness it means also something. Like meaningless is also one meaning itself. It is theme of the play nothing happens. Vladimir and Estragon waiting for Godot. But Godot was not come so they are passing time.
• 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)?
Waiting for Godot ina nagative things as well as positive things. It is very symbolic play of human life. With two characters Vladimir and Estragon. Sometimes forgot the past is good habit. That point highlights in the play by Estragon. And remember all things is harmful that point represent by Vladimir. Estragon not worry about lots many things only live in present and Vladimir is opposite he remembers all things and suffering a lot. So sometimes forgotten is good. This play also give biblical idea and portrait very deeply. And give very deep understanding.
• How are the props like hat and boots used in the play? What is the symbolical significance of these props?
Hat is symbol of thinking process. Vladimir has hat and Estragon has boot. Vladimir serious about his life. Boot represent the materialistic things. Hat is intellectual sense.
• Do you think that the obedience of Lucky is extremely irritating and nauseatic? 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?
Yes I think that the obedience of Lucky is extremely irritating and Nauseatic . Lucky represent that person who give the chain of his life to others people hand. And any one try to free them. That time he attack on because they habituated in that situation and like that position. Also feel secure in others hand. It is only illusion but they believe like truth. Lucky do that his master become blind . No power to have still lucky follow his order. Because fear is very dangerous. It’s play vital role in our life.
• Who according to you is Godot? God? An object of desire? Death? Goal? Success? Or . . .
According to me Godot is an Object of desire. We are constantly wishes to success and achieve goals. And then at the end of life we meet the death. Death is a freedom of our soul. Godot is our medium to reach the celestial city.
• “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 point. The subject of play is not Godot but waiting. Waiting is the important thing in the play. Vladimir and Estragon waiting for Godot and we are waiting for death. And we are suffering between birth and death. We constantly waiting for death. And in the play both character are doing many different and entertaining things in waiting time. There is no meaning but just passed the time. And enjoy the path of journey not achievement. So I think waiting is a subject not Godot.
• 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?
Audio and visual are helpful to easily understood what they try to say. But in that play reading is also required because there are so many things are missing in only reading and only views. So both are helpful . If we see the movie that time lucky's dialogue are goes very speedy so we can’t understand step by step if we read the text we can interpreted that so I think both are useful tools.
• Which of the following sequence you liked the most:
The Boy comes to tell that Godot will come tomorrow. Vladimir keep questioning him about Godot, it is quite interesting.
VLADIMIR: (softly). Has he a beard, Mr. Godot?
BOY: Yes Sir.
VLADIMIR: Fair or . . . (he hesitates) . . . or black?
BOY: think it's white, Sir.
Silence.
VLADIMIR: Christ have mercy on us!
Vladimir is very curious to know about him and his conversation with boy is very significant.
Thank you...
Waiting for Godot is play written by Samuel Beckett. This blog is my academic thinking activity.
• What connection do you see in the setting (“A country road. A tree.Evening.”) of the play and these paintings?
The connection between painting and paly. This painting Casper David Friedrich. This painting suggest the hope with symbol of tree evening and country road. The country road connected with waiting for someone. And tree is symbol of hope. No one is coming but hope was there. Hope is give a sympathy to continue that meaningless waiting. That represents human life of realty. We all are passing a time and waiting for death.
• 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 ?
The culture connected with Nature. Most of writer describe a Nature as part of our life. Beckett used opposite metaphor for leaves as a tears and weeping. Crying is a symbol of living a life. And other thing is absurdity of life. Leaves suggest the hope. Nature does not effected by human life and emotion. Nature cycle is keep growing Never stopped.
• 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?
Night is symbol of Death. And moon is used as a hope. Vladimir and Estragon are waiting for Godot whole day. But no one come. So they only passed time nathing else. Still they waiting for Godot.
• The director feels the setting with some debris. Can you read any meaning in the contours of debris in the setting of the play?
The director feels the setting with debris. It is shown the effect of world war ll. Life is deal with debris things. Like meaningful things people find in the meaningless things.
• The play begins with the dialogue “Nothing to be done”. How does the theme of ‘nothingness’ recurs in the play?
“ Nothing to be done” the play started with good idea. It is also called Existentialism. Nothingness it means also something. Like meaningless is also one meaning itself. It is theme of the play nothing happens. Vladimir and Estragon waiting for Godot. But Godot was not come so they are passing time.
• 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)?
Waiting for Godot ina nagative things as well as positive things. It is very symbolic play of human life. With two characters Vladimir and Estragon. Sometimes forgot the past is good habit. That point highlights in the play by Estragon. And remember all things is harmful that point represent by Vladimir. Estragon not worry about lots many things only live in present and Vladimir is opposite he remembers all things and suffering a lot. So sometimes forgotten is good. This play also give biblical idea and portrait very deeply. And give very deep understanding.
• How are the props like hat and boots used in the play? What is the symbolical significance of these props?
Hat is symbol of thinking process. Vladimir has hat and Estragon has boot. Vladimir serious about his life. Boot represent the materialistic things. Hat is intellectual sense.
• Do you think that the obedience of Lucky is extremely irritating and nauseatic? 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?
• Who according to you is Godot? God? An object of desire? Death? Goal? Success? Or . . .
According to me Godot is an Object of desire. We are constantly wishes to success and achieve goals. And then at the end of life we meet the death. Death is a freedom of our soul. Godot is our medium to reach the celestial city.
• “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 point. The subject of play is not Godot but waiting. Waiting is the important thing in the play. Vladimir and Estragon waiting for Godot and we are waiting for death. And we are suffering between birth and death. We constantly waiting for death. And in the play both character are doing many different and entertaining things in waiting time. There is no meaning but just passed the time. And enjoy the path of journey not achievement. So I think waiting is a subject not Godot.
• 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?
Audio and visual are helpful to easily understood what they try to say. But in that play reading is also required because there are so many things are missing in only reading and only views. So both are helpful . If we see the movie that time lucky's dialogue are goes very speedy so we can’t understand step by step if we read the text we can interpreted that so I think both are useful tools.
• Which of the following sequence you liked the most:
The Boy comes to tell that Godot will come tomorrow. Vladimir keep questioning him about Godot, it is quite interesting.
VLADIMIR: (softly). Has he a beard, Mr. Godot?
BOY: Yes Sir.
VLADIMIR: Fair or . . . (he hesitates) . . . or black?
BOY: think it's white, Sir.
Silence.
VLADIMIR: Christ have mercy on us!
Vladimir is very curious to know about him and his conversation with boy is very significant.
Thank you...
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