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Page 1: Waiting for Godot Samuel Beckett. Beckett himself Beckett wrote this play first in French 1948-49, En attendant Godot, and then wrote it himself in English,

Waiting for Godot Samuel Beckett

Page 2: Waiting for Godot Samuel Beckett. Beckett himself Beckett wrote this play first in French 1948-49, En attendant Godot, and then wrote it himself in English,

Beckett himself Beckett wrote this play first in French 1948-49, En attendant Godot, and

then wrote it himself in English, by 1954, as Waiting for Godot. Born in Dublin in 1906 so heard about WWI but didn’t witness it. Went to

Trinity, which is THE upper-class college in Dublin, and majored in French and Italian. Went to Paris to study, ended up writing a book on Proust, and basically lived in England, France, and Germany until 1937 – lived in Paris until 1942, when he retreated to the Unoccupied Zone, the Vaucluse 1942-44, but the fact is that he saw WWII from the inside.

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Questions the play asks

Why must humans suffer?

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Is there a God? (ot?)

In French, God = dieu. Does religion or do religious symbols

provide meaning? Does human life have meaning? What place does friendship play in

determining the meaning of existence? In a universe that is ultimately

meaningless and indifferent, what do we do? – “Que voulez-vous? Que voulez-vous?”

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Godot VLADIMIR: Let's wait till we know exactly how we stand. ESTRAGON: On

the other hand it might be better to strike the iron before it freezes. VLADIMIR: I'm curious to hear what he has to offer. Then we'll take it or leave it. ESTRAGON: What exactly did we ask him for?

VLADIMIR: Were you not there? ESTRAGON: I can't have been listening. VLADIMIR: Oh . . . Nothing very definite. ESTRAGON: A kind of prayer. VLADIMIR: Precisely. ESTRAGON: A vague supplication. VLADIMIR: Exactly. ESTRAGON: And what did he reply? VLADIMIR: That he'd see. ESTRAGON: That he couldn't promise anything. VLADIMIR: That he'd have to think it over. ESTRAGON: In the quiet of his home.

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Does my life have meaning?VLADIMIRHe didn't say for sure he'd come.ESTRAGONAnd if he doesn't come?VLADIMIRWe'll come back tomorrow.ESTRAGONAnd then the day after tomorrow.VLADIMIRPossibly.ESTRAGONAnd so on.VLADIMIRThe point is—ESTRAGONUntil he comes.VLADIMIRYou're merciless.ESTRAGONWe came here yesterday.VLADIMIRAh no, there you're mistaken. (111-121)

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Theater of the Absurd Drama that “presents a view of the absurdity of the human condition by

the abandoning of usual or rational devices and by the use of nonrealistic form. It expounds an existential ideology and views its task as essentially metaphysical. Conceived in perplexity and spiritual anguish, the theater of the absurd portrays not a series of connected incidents telling a story but a pattern of images presenting people as bewildered beings in an incomprehensible universe” (Harmon & Holman).

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Existentialism? Yes or no?

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Existentialism

Emphasizes Existence (living, making choices)

Over Essence (the identity you were given at birth – gender, class, ethnicity, temperament, occupation, education)

Basic philosophical question: “the inadequacy of human reason to explain the enigma of the universe” (H&H) (see Scientific American)

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Or not existentialist?

Do all the characters succumb to their circumstances, without choosing and without acting?

Are they satisfied with the world as it is, not seeking to change it?What do you think?

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Tragicomedy?

1.5 minutes of Waiting for GodotInterview with Stewart and McKellan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUXtzkLTABI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUXtzkLTABI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyKnLGT74TQ
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Think about community, repetition, and the Green

World A tragedy moves from community and cohesion to isolation and

sometimes death A comedy moves from problems within the community to a feeling

of community and harmony, such as a dance, a feast, a kiss A comedy involves repetition Frye: “the drama of the green world, its plot being assimilated to

the ritual theme of the triumph of life and love over the waste land . . . there is the . . .rhythmic movement from normal world to green world and back again” (182)

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Comedy or tragedy? ESTRAGON

(restored to the horror of his situation) I was asleep! (Despairingly) Why will you never let me sleep?VLADIMIR I felt lonely.ESTRAGON I had a dream.VLADIMIR Don't tell me!ESTRAGON I dreamt that—VLADIMIR DON'T TELL ME!ESTRAGON (gesture toward the universe) This one is enough for you? (Silence.) It's not nice of you, Didi. Who am I to tell my private nightmares to if I can't tell them to you?VLADIMIR Let them remain private. You know I can't bear that. (1.146-153)

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Comedy or tragedy? ESTRAGON: (forcibly). Bags. (He points at Lucky.) Why? Always hold. (He

sags, panting.) Never put down. (He opens his hands, straightens up with relief.) Why? POZZO: Ah! Why couldn't you say so before? Why he doesn't make himself comfortable? Let's try and get this clear. Has he not the right to? Certainly he has. It follows that he doesn't want to. There's reasoning for you. And why doesn't he want to? (Pause.) Gentlemen, the reason is this. VLADIMIR: (to Estragon). Make a note of this. POZZO: He wants to impress me, so that I'll keep him. ESTRAGON: What? POZZO: Perhaps I haven't got it quite right. He wants to mollify me, so that I'll give up the idea of parting with him. No, that's not exactly it either. VLADIMIR: You want to get rid of him? POZZO: He wants to cod me, but he won't. VLADIMIR: You want to get rid of him? POZZO: He imagines that when I see how well he carries I'll be tempted to keep him on in that capacity. ESTRAGON: You've had enough of him? POZZO: In reality he carries like a pig. It's not his job. VLADIMIR: You want to get rid of him? POZZO: He imagines that when I see him indefatigable I'll regret my decision. Such is his miserable scheme. As though I were short of slaves! (All three look at Lucky.) Atlas, son of Jupiter! (Silence.) Well, that's that, I think. Anything else?

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The End or the Beginning? ESTRAGON: I can't go on like this. VLADIMIR: That's what you think.

ESTRAGON: If we parted? That might be better for us. VLADIMIR: We'll hang ourselves tomorrow. (Pause.) Unless Godot comes. ESTRAGON: And if he comes? VLADIMIR: We'll be saved. Vladimir takes off his hat (Lucky's), peers inside it, feels about inside it, shakes it, knocks on the crown, puts it on again. ESTRAGON: Well? Shall we go? VLADIMIR: Pull on your trousers. ESTRAGON: What? VLADIMIR: Pull on your trousers. ESTRAGON: You want me to pull off my trousers? VLADIMIR: Pull ON your trousers. ESTRAGON: (realizing his trousers are down). True. He pulls up his trousers. VLADIMIR: Well? Shall we go? ESTRAGON: Yes, let's go. They do not move.

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Minimalism

“One can see the minimalist tendencies in Samuel Beckett’s late works: brevity, economy, modesty” (Harmon & Holman).

ESTRAGON: Then adieu. POZZO: Adieu. VLADIMIR: Adieu. POZZO: Adieu. Silence. No one moves. VLADIMIR: Adieu. POZZO: Adieu. ESTRAGON: Adieu. Silence. POZZO: And thank you. VLADIMIR: Thank you. POZZO: Not at all. ESTRAGON: Yes yes. POZZO: No no. VLADIMIR: Yes yes. ESTRAGON: No no. Silence. POZZO: I don't seem to be able . . . (long hesitation) . . . to depart.

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Modernism implied

“Discontinuity, alienation, asocial individualism, solipsism, and existentialism” (Harmon & Holman) but also!!!!

Modernist “works of art create within themselves an ordered universe” (Harmon & Holman)

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Then World War II

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And its aftermath

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Naziism

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On newsreels

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Beckett and historical context

Is the set a reference to the world left after World War II?

Or does Beckett reject history and historical context in favor of a purer, more metaphysical and abstract drama?

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Postmodernism: look for

A denial of orderHighly fragmented universesAesthetic surfacesAnti-novels, anti-heroesAnti-theater – in what ways is Waiting

for Godot an anti-play?____________________________________

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Waiting for Godot ESTRAGON: An Englishman having drunk a little more than usual

proceeds to a brothel. The bawd asks him if he wants a fair one, a dark one or a red-haired one. Go on. VLADIMIR: STOP IT! Exit Vladimir hurriedly. Estragon gets up and follows him as far as the limit of the stage. Gestures of Estragon like those of a spectator encouraging a pugilist. Enter Vladimir. He brushes past Estragon, crosses the stage with bowed head. Estragon takes a step towards him, halts. ESTRAGON: (gently.) You wanted to speak to me? (Silence. Estragon takes a step forward.) You had something to say to me? (Silence. Another step forward.) Didi . . . VLADIMIR: (without turning). I've nothing to say to you. ESTRAGON: (step forward). You're angry? (Silence. Step forward). Forgive me. (Silence. Step forward. Estragon lays his hand on Vladimir's shoulder.) Come, Didi. (Silence.) Give me your hand. (Vladimir half turns.) Embrace me! (Vladimir stiffens.) Don't be stubborn! (Vladimir softens. They embrace. # Estragon recoils.) You stink of garlic! VLADIMIR: It's for the kidneys. (Silence. Estragon looks attentively at the tree.) What do we do now? ESTRAGON: Wait.

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Those Irish

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Two Irishmen went into a bar . . . In France

Compare Waiting for Godot to “Proteus” section of Ulysses. LanguageTrust that life has meaningCharactersPlotSettingPost-modern? Post-colonial? Post-

structuralist?

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More versions

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Hollywood does Godot

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Or this

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Famous cartoonist does Godot

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