Waiting For Godot
The purpose of human life is an unanswerable question. It seems impossible to find an answer because we don't know where to start looking. To us, existence seems to be something imposed on us by an unknown force. There seems to be no reason for it, therefore making the world seem choatic. For this reason, society tries to make meaning of it by materialistic purposes to distract us from the fact that it is actually a hopless and mysterious predicament. Samuel Beckett's two act play, "Waiting For Godot", captures this feeling and view of the world. This viewpoint is shown by the difference between Pozzo and Lucky in both Act I and II. Since this world is soley based on chance, human lives are treated in an almost cruel manner. In act one, Pozzo is traveling to the market to sell Lucky. Pozzo is totally healthy. Lucky is a perfectly normal slave who has started to annoy Pozzo, so he is going to be sold. This is the first way Valdimir and Estrogen see this odd couple. However, the n
ext day Pozzo and Lucky's predicament have changed. Pozzo is blind and Lucky has become a mute. When Valdimir and Estrogen confront them on these drastic hcanges, Pozzo's answers are confused. He has absolutely no recollection of the day before when he ordered Lucky to "think" and claims Lucky has always been a mute. When Valdimir asks him when he became blind, Pozzo responds, "I woke up one find day as blind as fortune". When Valdimir asks him for details, Pozzo answers violently, "Don't question me! The blind have no notion of time. The things of time are hidden from them too!" In this hopeless situation, humans try to stay oblivious to thier true predicament. Throughout the play, Valdimir and Estrogen remain stupidly cheeful, and look for distraction in pointless activities. It is for this rason the play seems a bit comical at times. Valdimir and Estrogen try to distract themselves from thier wait for Godot by arguing over mundane topics, sleeping, talking with Pozzo and Lucky (a
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Approximate Word count = 682
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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