![]() ![]() Impressions: When I read this play, I had a very difficult time coming up with what the play was actually about. Vladimir and Estragon contemplate committing suicide if Godot does not come, but they remain, and continue to wait for Godot. The boy once again declares that Godot will not be coming. The boy also comes by again, and the boy also insists that he did not speak with Vladimir and Estragon the day before. They once again encounter Pozzo and Lucky, but Pozzo has become blind, and he does not remember meeting Vladimir and Estragon the previous day. The following day, Vladimir and Estragon are back waiting for Godot again. Shortly after, a boy approaches the two main characters and declares that Godot will not be coming that night, but will be coming the following day. Eventually, the two men depart and Vladimir and Estragon are left alone again. The four men have a discussion throughout the exchange, Vladimirâs emotions fluctuate as he learns about how Pozzo treats Lucky. Lucky is Pozzoâs slave, and Pozzo is on his way to the market to sell Lucky. While waiting, Vladimir and Estragon come across Pozzo and Lucky, two other significant characters in the play. The play tells of what they do while they wait, and illustrates encounters made with others while they are waiting. Summary: Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett is a play featuring Vladimir and Estragon, two men who are waiting for the arrival of Godot. To read other response papers I’ve written for this class, or to read other papers I’ve written for homework in general, check out the “Academics / Homework” category index page. This response paper might be as well-constructed, organized, or developed as other response papers I’ve written because I was extremely short of time when writing this paper due to other assignments I had to finish. Sometimes we are given a specific topic for our critical analysis, but this week, we were permitted to choose our own area of focus. This week we focused on the play Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett. For those of you unfamiliar with the response papers I’ve written for this class, we basically have a work of literature to read each week then we have to write a summary, our impressions, and a critical analysis. I’m done with all assignments for the class now, and all I have left to do is wait for my instructor to finish grading everything and to give me my final grade. He helps Estragon with his boots, and, moreover, had he been with Estragon at night, he would not have allowed his friend to be beaten also, he looks after and rations their meager meals of turnips, carrots, and radishes, and, in general, he tends to be the manager of the two.This is my final response paper and last assignment for my summer literature course that I finished today. In addition to the larger needs, Vladimir also looks after their physical needs. Essentially, Vladimir must constantly remind Estragon of their destiny - that is, they must wait for Godot. Similarly, it is Vladimir who questions Pozzo and Lucky and the Boy Messenger(s), while Estragon remains, for the most part, the silent listener. but at this place, at this moment in time," they are needed and should respond to the cries for help. After all, Vladimir maintains, "It is not everyday that we are needed. In Act II, when Pozzo and Lucky fall down and cry for help, Vladimir interprets their cries for help as his and Estragon's chance to be in a unique position of' helping humanity. ![]() ![]() Vladimir correlates some of their actions to the general concerns of mankind. He is troubled about the fate of the thief who wasn't saved and is concerned that "only one of the four evangelists" speaks of a thief being saved. Vladimir is the one who often sees religious or philosophical implications in their discussions of events, and he interprets their actions in religious terms for example, he is concerned about the religious implications in such stories as the two thieves (two tramps) who were crucified on either side of Jesus. Even though it is left indefinite, all implications suggest that Vladimir knows more about Godot than does Estragon, who tells us that he has never even seen Godot and thus has no idea what Godot looks like. He is the one who constantly reminds Estragon that they must wait for Godot. Of the two, Vladimir makes the decisions and remembers significant aspects of their past. He is also the intellectual who is concerned with a variety of ideas. In any comic or burlesque act, there are two characters, traditionally known as the "straight man" and the "fall guy." Vladimir would be the equivalent of the straight man.
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