waiting for Godot

 

Here is the link of given task on the play waiting for Godot click here

Here is my response to the given questions

Q: what connection do you see in the setting (‘A country road. A tree evening.’) Of the play and these paintings?

The setting of the play is inspired by painting ‘longing’ by two paintings by Caspar David Freidrich. Act of waiting can be considered as act of longing.

Q: 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?

Tree has its own importance in setting.  In first act tree is barren. Barren tree can be seen as hopelessness and nothingness, Vladimir and Estragon thinks to hanging themselves from tree which can be seen a reference to the crucifixion of Christ. In Act two leaves sprouts from tree which shows hope for the next. Found happiness out of despair and anxiety of human life.

Q:  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?

Evening falls into night and moon rises signifies that universe is indifferent to us.  Whatever happens in human life despair, anxiety, absurdity; nature’s cycle goes on.

Q: the play begins with the dialogue” nothing to be done”. How does the theme of ‘nothingness’ recurs in play?

Nothingness recurs in the play. Vladimir and Estragon have nothing to do expect waiting. And that’s why Vladimir says this line ‘nothing to be done’.

Q:  do you agree:”the play (waiting for Godot), we agreed, was a positive play, not negative, not pessimistic. As I saw it, with my blood and skin and eyes, the philosophy is: ‘no matter what- bombs, anything-life goes on. You can kill yourself, but you can’t kill life’.(E.G. marshal who played Vladimir in original Broadway production 1950s).

The play is positive play. Play is not absurd but rather meaningful.  Only dialogue are going on but that is only common conversation, at first reading we may not find it that much meaningful but find it meaningful at deep inside. Waiting signifies hope; process of waiting is process of keeping hope towards something to be achieved.

Q: How are the props like hat and boots used in the play? What is the symbolical significances of these props?

Hat signifies Vladimir’s capacity of thinking who remembers every event of past where as boots signifies skepticism in character of Estragon. He is taking his boot on and off Who forgets things very easily, carelessness towards life.

Q: do you feel the effect of existential crisis or meaninglessness of human existence in the irrational and indifference universe during screening of the move? Where and when exactly that feeling was felt, ever it was? Vladimir and estragon talks about ‘hanging’ themselves and commit suicide, but they do not do so. How do you read this idea of suicide in existentialism?

Yes I do feel effect of existential crisis during screening of the movie; when the sentence is repeatedly said that “nothing to be done” we feel meaninglessness of human existence. Vladimir and Estragon talks about ‘hanging’ themselves and commit suicide but they do not do so rather they come again and starts waiting. Here we find out the existential idea that true challenge is when you face despair, absurdity and anxiety of human life and come that absurdity rather ending your life by committing suicide. In movie Mera nam joker there is a song “

                                                         

                                       जीना यहाँ, मरना यहाँ
                                       इसके सिवा जाना कहाँ  - 

We are born here, we will die here where we will go from here(nothing can be done)In this movie Raj kapoor is playing role of joker is life is full of despair but every day comes in front of people to make them laugh by playing the role of joker in circus he is doing his duty same as Sisyphus.

Q: The subject of the play is not Godot but waiting. Do you agree? How can you justify your answer?

The subject of the play is not Godot but ‘Waiting’. Waiting can be seen different by person by person. Waiting can be seen as death.. Waiting can be seen as desire to complete, for a spiritual person it can be ultimate way of salvation.

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