Waiting for Godot

I decided to write my report on a recent play that I have seen in one of the playhouses in the Hong-Ik University area. It had been a while since I have been to see a play, and the one that I saw was by far the most interesting. I recommend this play to anyone who hopes to see a play that leaves one with many questions about life, especially the passing of time. The play I saw was titled, Waiting for Godot.

Waiting for Godot is a strange play about two men, Didi and Gogo. Both men, who are homeless, wait under a bare, gnarled tree for Godot, who Didi claims has an important but unknown message. I found this play to be incredibly bizarre, because at times it is difficult to determine if there is a plot at all, and at other times, the play seems incredibly profound.

One of the vaguest features of Beckett's play is the identity of Godot. If the reader analyzes all the Biblical references throughout the play, it is quite easy to say that Godot is God. The other interpretation is that Godot is actually Ð'ÐŽÐ'ohope,Ð'ÐŽÐ'± or salvation, from their battered lives. Each day, a messenger says that Godot will come tomorrow for certain. However, the two bums are let down day after day, and as Gogo says during Act One of the play, Ð'ÐŽÐ'othey are boundÐ'ÐŽÐ'± to the mysterious Godot by the mere hope that they will find salvation.

Interestingly, Didi and Gogo deny that they know Godot when Pozzo asks them. In accordance with the playÐ'ÐŽÐ'Їs religious theme, this is equivalent to Peter's denial of Jesus. Another interpretation is that Pozzo is God, and Lucky represents all of mankind. A question that came to my mind was the irony behind the name Ð'ÐŽÐ'®LuckyÐ'ÐŽÐ'Ї, since his character is far from living up to his name. But then I realized he was in fact, lucky. While Didi and Gogo spent endless unhappy hours day after day with nothing to do, Lucky was always given something to do by his master, Pozzo.

The passage of time throughout the play is portrayed by the tree which has grown leaves, possibly indicating a change of seasons. Pozzo and Lucky are also transformed by time since Pozzo goes blind and Lucky mute. However, Didi does not seem to fully grasp the reality that time is passing more quickly than he realizes. He also does not seem to be able to contemplate that Godot might never come, until the end of the