“Critical Appreciation of WAITING FOR GODOT”

ASSIGNMENT:  E- C 301THE MODERNIST LITERATURE.

TOPIC: “Critical Appreciation of WAITING FOR GODOT”

NAME: SAVANI MANISHA R.

ROLL NO:  15.

SEM:  1.

SUBMITTED TO, DR DILIP BARAD

DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH

BHAVNAGER UNIVERSITY

                                 

                      

CRITICAL APPRECITION OF THE PLAY

       Samuel Becket wrote the waiting for Godot. And Samuel expresses the critical Appreciation in this novel .Waiting for Godot is one of the most popular novels in the modern age .Waiting for Godot is a shining example of the theatre of absurd.  Estragon and Vladimir, two men who are obviously on their luck, find themselves on a loanly country road waiting for man called Godot who never actually arrives. But who does send messenger boys to let them know

That he will certainly come tomorrow. Beckett uses valdimir and Estragon‘s actions to comment on his view of mans relationship to God and to other man. In this

Novel two characters Vladimir and Estragon wait for Godot to much time in tree. In this viewing play we have to each other .In fact novice viewing this play for the first often fails to note any significant difference between the characters for the other. Waiting for Godot is the most frequent statement Heard after one has seen or finished reading a play from the theatre or the absurd Movement.

         The beginning of play two men Vladimir and Estragon meet near tree. Hay conveys on various topics and reveal that they are waiting there for a man named Godot.While they wait at that time two other friend name POZZO is on his way to the market to sell his slave ,LUCKY. He pauses or while to converse with Vladimir and estragon lucky entertains them by dancing and thinking .And then pozzo and Lucky leave

In this novel the setting is the same, and the time is the same in both acts.Eachact begins early in the morning. When the Vladimir and estragon wait for the Godot and godot has not come. And the first act come the two men pozzo and Lucky. At that time Estragon trying to take off his boot when Vladimir enters. THE the men greet each other. Vladimir examines his hat while estragon struggle with his boot .They discuss the version of the story of the two chickens. While he eats. Vladimir and estragon circle around lucky inspecting him. They notice a sere on his neck begin to ask him a question, but pozzo tells them to leave him alone. Vladimir suddenly explodes with anger at pozzo treatment of lucky. But then seems embarrassed at his out burst .Pozzo decide to go, but then decides to stay and smoke another pipe .Vladimir want to leave but pozzo reminds him of his appointment with godot.Estragon begins to wander aloud why lucky does not put down his bags. Vladimir asks pozzo if he wants to get rid of lucky. Pozzo responds that he does and is taking him to the fair to sell him. And after some time Vladimir ask him to tell lucky to think. But pozzo says that he cannot think without his head and he begins to think aloud spouting a long storm of words and phrase that amount to gibberish, and pozzo and lucky leave. Lucky dance is merely clumsy shuffling which is a complete disappointment to Vladimir and estragon. Lucky of speech is an attempt. However, futile make statement about man and god. And pozzo and lucky departure and Vladimir realize that he is glad that the episode helped pass the time. Constantly, the two are faced with finding some way of passing the time while waiting. Even through estragon philosophically points that time would have passed in any case thus the entire episode seemingly has no real significance to them .They return to wandering what they can do now bed ides wait for godot , Since they can do nothing. They decide to a make little conversation about whether or not they had previously known pozzo and lucky, but no agreement is reached estragon then return to tending his caching feet. And the last after some time one little bay come to the Vladimir and estragon. And this boy is massager from her. Godot but the boy is two frightened to come close to the tramps. They question the boy delivers his message me godot told me to tell you he won’t come this evening but surely tomorrow the tramps question the boy about me godot told me to tell you he want come the evening but surely tomorrow . Me godot does not beat him but he does beat the boy brother. Godot is equated with god. And the boy says that godot is not come today they come surely tomorrow. And the boy messenger go and Vladimir and estragon happened the alone. At that time estragon said I have wait for the godot and they surely come tomorrow .We now dissolver part of the reason of for Vladimir ‘s singing he is happy because he slept all night long . Estragon has almost forgotten the appearance of pozzo and lucky except for bone he was given to gnaw on. The wound on estragon leg in turn, causes Vladimir to notice that estragon does not have this boots on condincidently, there is a pair of boots lying on the ground, but estragon does not have his boots on coincidently, there is a tree whom near stand the estragon and Vladimir was threat and they sleeping near the tree there even the attempt arrive at a conclusion totally exhausts them, and with the familiar refrain “we are waiting for godot “they abandon was problem. The Vladimir and estragon was not forgotten the godot but they waiting the before the long struggle.

After some time arrival of pozzo and lucky suddenly and without warning, as in the first act pozzo and lucky come back on stage their arrival puts an end to Vladimir and estragon games. Thing have changed significantly for pozzo and lucky .The long rope which bound them together now much shorter. Binding them closer and closer, furthermore, pozzo and lucky are physically changed. pozzo is blind lucky is dump but entire scene is played without the audience knowing that lucky is now dump .As they enter, Staggering under their loud , lucky now carries suitcases filled with sand. Lucky falls and drank pozzo down with him. And then departure of the pozzo and lucky meanwhile Vladimir and estragon alone. While Vladimir and pozzo have been talking, estragon has been sleeping again in his fatal position , Vladimir feeling lonely , awakens him, Significantly since estragon was sleeping in his fetal position has dreams were happy once , but even so , Vladimir refuses to listen to them . Vladimir‘s final final speech entrance of the messenger suggests that he feels a deep enragements from the universe. Something tells him to be her at this place at this time, with his friend estragon while waiting for godot. Furthermore, he is aware of misery, a disquietedness which he cannot understand life seem as through it is astride of a grave and there is to be a “difficult birth “for the grave –digger puts on the farces with the arrival of pozzo and lucky, Vladimir and estragon think that help have arrived from godot but they soon realize that it is just pozzo and lucky. Estragon wants to leave then, but Vladimir must remind him once again that they cannot thin statement clarifies the idea that Vladimir and estragon represent all mankind units relationship togod. Realizing this Vladimir also realizing that man fate is to which a cruel fate consigned us. And after the boy messenger come near the Vladimir and estragon. Vladimir depression is suddenly by the appreance of the boy since this boy asserts that he was not hear yesterday, he has to be a different one. However, the message that he come tomorrow without fail thus Vladimir find that there is absolutely nothing to do but wait for godot .But view of the massage from the boy of the preceding day the assurance that godot will come tomorrow is lacking in conviction . Upon questing the boy further, Vladimir discovers two things that godot does nothing and that he has a write beard since god is sometimes viewed as a supreme entity doing nothing and passes sing long while since godot is god. There can be little or no hope for god ‘s intervention in the affairs of man in stand , man must continues to stumble through this muckheap ,this ask can of award , Vladimir tells the boy inform , Mr. godot that “you saw me “ Vladimir is so insistent on the fact that the boy has indeed seen him that he makes “a sudden spring toward this frightens the boy messenger and the sun sets and the moon rises , indicating that another day of waiting for godot has passed estragon awakens and wants to leave this dissolute place but Vladimir reminds him that they have to wait for godot when estragon awakens and wants  to leave this desolate place . But Vladimir reminds him that they have to wait for godot that they ‘When estragon suggest that they “drop godot “and leave, Vladimir reminds estragon that if they did, godgt would estragon once again brings up the subject of their hanging themselves with ward that holds up when tested the care breaks. The ending of act and we have one final example of the disparity between the character ward’s actions. And since both acts are so identical and so circular should be obvious that tomorrow will find the two tramps back at the place waiting for godot.