His moral scruples prevent him doing something wrong but at the same time his worldly lust incites him to do the same wrong. In spite of having got marvelous progress in all fields of life, man is still in confusion and perplexity of mind. “Nothing to be done” is the main dilemma of our life. The play is valid for all those who can assimilate the general anguish into their particular experience and thus translate it into their own terms. But even then both the classes are interdependent upon each other. Pozzo is a capitalist of our times who suck the blood of the poor and then throw them away like the peel of banana. The pathetic and miserable condition of Lucky represents the exploited class of all ages and Pozzo the exploiter. Lucky and Pozzo represent master slave relationship through centuries. The mood of despair is not limited but has become a general attitude of the people. Under the condition in which we live, most of us have subconsciously thought of hanging ourselves. It is not without reason that Estragon suggests hanging as a remedy. Thus the plight of two tramps is no different than that of an average man and that’s why people are able to respond to the play. The million of people today do not give up living when their life becomes pointless. The tramps, in spite of their inaction and pointlessness of their existence, still want to go on. In our world millions of people do not act but are acted. ![]() The heroes or anti-heroes are merely alive but a life without action and purpose. Or for a mythical human being or for a meaning of life or for death but the play is a representation of stagnant life. The play is a fable about a kind of life that has no longer any point. The play highlights the theme of habit, boredom and “the suffering of being”. Thus we discover a common ground between ourselves and the two tramps who are waiting for Godot. The play thus depicts waiting, ignorance and boredom and all these things are directly experienced by us in life, wait is essential – the offer of a job, the possibility of promotion, the return of a long-lost friend, a love letter etc. They wait for him in a state of ignorance or helplessness. The tramps themselves have only a vague idea of who Godot is. It is not clear in the play who or what Godot is. Vladimir says:Īnd the sentence is repeated in the course of the play like a refrain. The main subject of the play is waiting and the act of waiting is an essential aspect of the human condition. They reflect modern man’s loneliness, absurdity, forgetfulness, illusions, waiting condition, deferred hope, physical suffering, mental anguish, death wish and isolation. ![]() Their sufferings are the sufferings of all human beings no matter in which country they live in or what religious beliefs they have. The theme of the play has a universal appeal. The play is a mirror of our age because it shows the inner hollowness, helplessness and meaninglessness of modern man’s life. In “Waiting for Godot” man’s sufferings, whether physical or metaphysical, are shown in such a way that we feel them as our own suffering. It is a play in which fact and fancy, illusion and reality are mingled together. The play can be interpreted by various ways. “Waiting for Godot” occupies a prominent place in the annals of English literature for highlighting the basic truths of human beings belonging to any age or religion.
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