Waiting for Godot, use of imagery and symbolims

Beckett is believed to have said that the name Godot comes from the French "godillot" meaning a military boot. Beckett fought in the war and so spending long periods of time waiting for messages to arrive would have been commonplace for him. The more common interpretation that it might mean "God" is almost certainly wrong. Beckett apparently stated that if he had meant "God," he would have written "God". Godot: it is relatively common name in French

Beckett is believed to have said that the name Godot comes from the French "godillot" meaning a military boot. Beckett fought in the war and so spending long periods of time waiting for messages to arrive would have been commonplace for him. The more common interpretation that it might mean "God" is almost certainly wrong. Beckett apparently stated that if he had meant "God," he would have written "God". Godot: it is relatively common name in French

Beckett is believed to have said that the name Godot comes from the French "godillot" meaning a military boot. Beckett fought in the war and so spending long periods of time waiting for messages to arrive would have been commonplace for him. The more common interpretation that it might mean "God" is almost certainly wrong. Beckett apparently stated that if he had meant "God," he would have written "God". Godot: it is relatively common name in French

1. Critical Analysis Of waiting for Godot’s physical aspects imagery symbolisms

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3. WHO IS Godot? Beckett is believed to have said that the name Godot comes from the French "godillot" meaning a military boot. Beckett fought in the war and so spending long periods of time waiting for messages to arrive would have been commonplace for him. The more common interpretation that it might mean "God" is almost certainly wrong. Beckett apparently stated that if he had meant "God," he would have written "God". Godot: it is relatively common name in French

4. Vladimir and Estrogan Vladimir and Estrogan represent entire human race Through them we are able to discover, how human behave and act Human existence is seen through absurd conversations which these two man have. Meaningless conversation and action are used to simply ‘ ’pass time’’

5. Tree The tree may represent the cross on which JESUS crucified , it stand as the symbol of hope, because in the end of play, it has leave . (Also, if you check out the painting that inspired Beckett, you’ll see that a big tree features prominently.) Right off the bat you’ve got the biblical stuff; Jesus was crucified on a cross, but that cross is sometimes referred to as a "tree," as in, "Jesus was nailed to the tree ."

6. Hanging Both character , Vladimir and Estrogan, consider hanging themselves as way out of their situation . They decide against it eventually as they wait in hopes that Godot will resolve their problem.

7. A country road, over the span of two nights. Unknown time and place Wrong palace/wrong time. The tramps are confused about the time and palace where to meet GODOT. This represent their confusion of life itself . We are never really sure whether act one and act two take place in the same location, other than the fact that Beckett describes it as such in the stage directions. We also don’t know what lies offstage, since Vladimir and Estragon are always forced back onto the stage in some form or another. Depending on the design of a production, the set is more or less ornate. Sometimes there is literally nothing else onstage than the actors and the tree. The effect of Beckett’s minimally described set is that we have absolutely no idea where Vladimir and Estragon are either in time or in place. The past? The future? Earth? An imaginary place in one of their heads? We just don’t know. It’s almost like uncertainty is a main theme in the play and we as the audience experience it the same way Vladimir and Estragon do.

8. Ditch This may refer to the biblical parable of good Samaritan in which a kind traveler helps a man who has been beaten and robbed. No one ever helps Estrogan . His lying in the ditch shows how the friends who have seen better days , are now poor and reduced to violent circumstances

9. The Carrot This carrot is a good comic relief in which both Vladimire and Estrogan can’t agree on the vegetable. No matter what we called it, we will referring to the same thing; Vladimir Nothing you can do about it. Estrogan no use wriggling Vladimir the essential does not change. At first they were bickering over the way carrot tasted. It doesn’t really matter who is right and who is wrong about the carrot .

10. This symbolizes our questions of reality . We put label on things, but that is not really the way things really are. We want to see the absolute truth but we can’t.

11. The road Its like road of life. Just like human life has not clear beginning , the road has no clear ending . It is things have to be because we are put on this earth as humans, we have no clear sense of purpose

12. Vladimir’s song Vladimir song: its reflection of how all the action in the play repeat themselves and circular in nature so is this song. Song in act two, death is a theme

13. P ozzo He sees himself a superior being. He recognized the tramps as inferior species as myself. ( he burst in enormous laugh) of the same species as pozzo. He is self-absorbed and sees himself ‘’Godlike image’’ pozzo has desire to command and dominate lucky.

14. Smell Estragon is repeatedly repelled by smells in Waiting for Godot . Vladimir stinks of garlic, Lucky smells like who knows what, and Pozzo reeks of a fart in Act II. It seems every time Estragon tries to get close to a person, he is repelled by their odor. It looks to us like smells represent one of the barriers to interpersonal relationships. Estragon isn’t just repelled by odors – he’s repelled by the visceral humanity of those around him . There’s something gritty and base about the odor of a human body , and for Estragon it’s too much to handle.

15. Lucky He represent a pathetic specimen of human race . He is called ‘ ’pig’’ and ‘ ’hog’’ and even ‘’certain’’ by others and yet feel ‘’lucky ’’ to belong to their group and live as a slave while eating scraps which are thrown to him. He wants his master respect like humans, we do what we can do to impress our GOD, to see that we are worth something. His name is ironic as his fortunate even when his master is blind .

16. Nightfall and the Rising Moon While Vladimir and Estragon wait for Godot, they also wait for nightfall. For some reason (again, arbitrary and uncertain), they don’t have to wait for him once the night has fallen . The classic interpretation is that night = dark = death. The falling of night is as much a reprieve from daily suffering as death is from the suffering of a lifetime. There’s also the issue of the moon, as its appearance in the sky is the real signal that night has come and the men can stop waiting for Godot. Estragon, in one of his "wicked smart" moments, comments the moon is "pale for weariness […] of climbing heaven and gazing on the likes of us." Though the man remembers nothing of yesterday, he does in this moment seem to comprehend the endless repetition of his life. And if the moon is weary just from watching, imagine what that says about the predicament of the men themselves.

17. Gogo’s nightmare These represent discomfort and lack of tranquility of tramps with regards to their situation. They have an inability to laugh

18. The HAT Unexplained and illogical things happen with the hat Lucky begins speaking nonsense when puts on hat Vladimir, and estrogan exchange their hats with lucky many times until Vladimir question, if he looks good in the hat, he has present on This is no logical reason to this action but it shows humor in the things human do.

19. Boot This is always put on and take off. When boot is of estrogan look inside and sees nothing, when he puts its boot sees reality, the world and how nothing make any sense. Estrogan: continuously look inside as a way of passing time. This shows absurdity in human, because no matter how many times we take to try to figure things out, we miss picture by wasting time on pointless mater .

20. The Bone This symbolizes poverty, they do not have enough for themselves to eat . They beg to survive, estrogan and lucky are through order to survive . Estrogan and lucky are deprived of food for while so they are willing to eat anything

21. The B ag Lucky carries bag he never stop to trying to carry. Pozzo doesn’t force lucky this bag but lucky prove himself to his master. He feels as if he carries it around to show his determination and devotion to making pozzo happy.

22. The Rope Lucky is a slave tied to his master . Pozzo is healthy and o lucky could think the rope try the two together was long, when pozzo was blind and needed lucky who was dumb to guide him rope was short. This symbolizes how the distance between the god and his slave is great, when god is powerful and healthy . However, when rope is short the distance between to is smaller, because their greatness is not in contrast as much .

23. When estrogan and Vladimir try to hang them with a cord it breaks, they remind themselves to bring rope tomorrow . Rope bonds them together with same purpose