Thinking Activity of The Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett

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1. What connection do you see in the setting (“A country road. A 

tree.Evening.”) of the play and these paintings?

Ans. The setting of the play " A country road, A tree, Evening" and this painting both  are the similar. In these both painting two persons are there . This painting by Caspar David Friedrich and Beckett liked it , he found this painting in one art gallery. So, through this painting we can feel the real feeling also. The title of this painting is " Longing" means wait. so this painting became inspiration of the play.

·       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 - ? 

Ans. This tree present very symbolically. First we can say it shows that in first act it is barren , so its effect of world war and then it's had a leaves so ii's suggest hope. Second it's represent that how change in nature. Third is that " Indifference of nature or universe".

·         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?

Ans.  This pic suggest about that Night shows that next day become good, so this ' Coming of night and moon' suggest hope for something good, or Godot will come.  Because as per existential reading in the novel " Old man and the sea" this dialogue came that " Everyday is new day". Second way we can say that routine of life or indifferent nature or universe.

·       The director feels the setting with some debris. Can you read any meaning in the contours of debris in the setting of the play?

Ans.  Debris means something destroyed or borkan into the parts, so it is connect with second world war. And Beckett use this setting in the play to  present the situation of human's mind and action. 

·       How are the props like hat and boots used in the play? What is the symbolical significance of these props?

Ans.  Vladimir plays with hat and Estragon plays with boot, so it's shows symbolically that Vladimir think intellectually and logically. on the other side Estragon is careless, not think and not remember also. so in play prope are very important to present your view for audiens.

·       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?

Ans.  This play present human nature very well, through the characters. In the case of Lucky, he gave the rope to his master even his master was blind. So, it's shows the blindness of human mind, that how he became slave, he not gave the rope to his master but he surrender himself. Concept of Master slave relation we find, or colonizer and colonized.

Who according to you is Godot? God? An object of desire? Death? Goal? Success? Or  . . .

Ans. As per my point of view Godot means desire to change something, because it's suggest the time of second world war. Or the Death, as per religion or spiritual point of view wait for Avtar, second coming or any other. 

So far as Pozzo and Lucky [master and slave] are concerned, we have to remember that Beckett was a disciple of Joyce and that Joyce hated England. Beckett meant Pozzo to be England, and Lucky to be Ireland." (Bert Lahr who played Estragon in Broadway production). Does this reading make any sense? Why? How? What?

Ans. Yes, like India and Pakistan fight for Kashmir and for freedom so our relation are not good, same way in England and Ireland also have problem in their relation, so here this thing Beckett represent well to use as a symbolically that Pozzo to be England and Luckey to be Ireland, through their action.