one scene from the play

struggle; Isolation; Adulthood; Self-interest; Meaning / knowing; Suffering; Patience; Oppression; Backstabbing; Deceiving; Confusion; Uncertainty; Nature of men; Friendship / companionship; Poverty; Mental hardship; Redemption / salvation


The scene I choose is in the beginning of the second act.
On page 38 through 39.
It's when Vladimir is asking Etragon if someone beats him at night. And E. is thinking that V. seems more happy without him.
1. Why did V. sing? Is that because he was just happy?
2. Why E. is always thinking that V might be better alone, than with E.?
3. How come V missed E but that the same time he was happy?
4. How did E reacted to it?
5. Why V sounded happy when he said "Now? (joyous) There you are again", and his happiness disappear with every word when he continued "there we are again... (gloomy) there I am again."
6. Why V used work "crawling" when he asked "then why do you always come crawling back?", why he didn't used any other words? Did they indeed "crawled"?
7. When V. tried to understand why "they" bit E, he said "I would have stopped you from doing whatever it was you were doing" E said that he didn't do anything. What did he mean by that? Did he  mean that  he didn't do anything BAD? Or he meant that he didn't do anything good, when he could have and that's why he got the biting. ?
8. V and E are talking about been happy. Why V needed to hear from E that he was happy even if it's not true?
9. Why does V say he is happy, how can he proof it?
10. When V said that the things changed? Did they really? How long has passed?
11 Why the tree is never the same form one second to the next? Is it? If only one time they have notice the difference (the leaves)
12. Was it truly yesterday when act one happened? Or more time has passed?
13. How does E forget immediately or never forget? Does he do it on purpose? When he actually remember something from the past...

Questions about godot

1.            What is your character like?  What is he not like?

Vladimir. He has a friend (Estragon = Gogo). Vladimir doesn't want to be alone, he wants company. He is the thinker. He makes the decisions for both of them. He knows that he has a purpose in life, he is waiting for Godot. And he takes that task seriously. He is caring person.

He is not forgetful. Only one time he forgot something (where they were supposed to wait, specific spot). He is not boring for Gogo, he kind of entertain him through the play.

2.            Identify the objects your character interacts with?

There is a carrot, radish, turnips, a hat, a coat

3.            Describe HOW your character interacts with the other characters.  Use specific examples!!!

Vladimir has a soft spot in his heart for Estragon. He embrace him a lot . It seems that V. almost always have answers to Gogo's questions, and his answers are confident.  He is taking care of Gogo like a mother of a child. He is on look out for his friend. When Pozzo came with Lucky, V was telling Gogo to be careful around Lucky, he was protecting his friend. (when L kicked E, V showed compassion toward E)

When V. and E. are talking to Pozzo, V is the one who wants to keep everything in control, he tells E. when to ask Lucky a question. He is the one who sees little details and comment on them, for example how P is treating L.

V wanted L to think above everything else he could do, because he himself was a thinker.

V showed to a boy that he wasn't indifferent to his life by asking him personal questions about his day's routine.

4.            How does your character change?  How does your character behave in act 1?  How does      your character behave in act 2?

I don't think he acts differently in both acts. His personality stays the same.

5.            How does your character make sense of his world?  What does he think?  How does he think

V thinks a lot, he thinks all the time, he thinks for himself and for his friend. Maybe he even thinks that he is like of responsible for his friend and that's why he is always deciding what to do to kill the time. He wants to connect the pass with present . He analyzes. Even though he never saw Godot he figure out quickly that a Pozzo is not Godot, neither Lucky. When he saw a boy, he didn't even let himself to come to the though that it might be a Godot. Somehow he know that he is supposed to be different, and he would recognize him...

questions for "Waiting for Godot"

 1) Write 10 or so sentences putting Godot in the context of the "Power of 10" video.
 "I thought you were gone for ever" (7)
 "Never neglect the little things of life" (8)
 "We came here yesterday" (10)
 "I remain in the dark" (12)
 "Where do we come in?"(13)
 "For the moment" (14)
 "I don't like talking in a vacuum" (20)
 "Try and walk"(22)
 "Will night never come?"(22)
 "Will night never come?" (24)
 "I'd wait till it was black night before I gave up" (24)
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 2) What do  you think of Pozzo and Lucky? Why are they in the play? Choose some moments when you write about them.
Pozzo is mean, bossy, and selfish. Lucky is like a slave. But he is loyal and don't trust strangers at the same time.


 3) How is Didi different than Gogo?
Didi is Vladimir. Gogo is Estragon. Didi is smarter then Gogo, and seems like he is the decisions maker.


 4) What are these two talking about, for what, for why?
they are waiting all the time and their day is all about it. Thy are talking about the moment they are in , how they feel and what they think.

 5) How is your life like Didi and Gogo's?


 6) If this play is not about God, claim 3 other things, ideas that the play is actually about? Point to parts of the play to support your claim.
Waiting for your wish to come true. If you are sick, you might be waiting for restored health. And this is how maybe a person talking to himself, inside his head.

 7) Is this play cynical? What makes us insecure? How much do people act out of their insecurity? What's the flip side of insecurity?