Meaning of Death
Death is a word that we know and fear, but what exactly does the word death mean to you? The end of life? The end of time? The end of hope? Well...maybe. Some see Death as a messenger sent by god to take away people's lives. For some people, death is the worse of the worse thing of all, but for the protagonists in the plays "Amadeus" and "Waiting for Godot" death is something that they do not fear. They actually want to die or use death as a tool to achieve a certain goal. Although this might sound odd, there is a solid logic behind it. While death is a significant theme in both plays, the meaning of death between the two plays varies.In the play "Waiting for Godot", Estragon and Vladimir were trapped in the days simply waiting for Godot. Throughout the two days of the play, most of the things that happened on the second day were identical to those happened on the first. The days always began with Estragon coming back from the ditch and meeting Vladimir; Estragon tries to take or takes off the boots; Pozzo and Lucky comes in; the idea of hanging themselves and leaving; the Boy comes in and tell them that Mr.Godot can't come but will come for sure tomorrow; Estragon tries to sleep; and then the day is over and Estrago
SALIERI: Two hundred. Light payment, yes, but for light duties. SALIERI: Then grant him Gluck's post, Majesty, but not his salary. That would be wrong. VLADIMIR: I don't know." (Beckette, P.32) The next death after the one of Wolfgang's father is the death of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart himself. The cause of the death was said to be kidney failure: On both days in the play, Estragon wanted to leave the country road and go somewhere else, but when Vladimir reminds him that they are "Waiting for Godot", Estragon then changed his mind and stayed with Vladimir to wait for Godot: "SALIERI: One amazing fact emerged. Mozart did not imagine that masked Figure who said 'Take up your pen and write a Requiem.' It was real! ... A certain bizarre nobleman called Count Walsegg had a longing to be thought a composer. He actually sent his Steward in disguise to Mozart to commission the piece - secretly, so that he could pass it off as his own work." (Shaffer, P.101)
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Approximate Word count = 1878
Approximate Pages = 8 (250 words per page double spaced)
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