"Waiting for godot"- task activity

 

1} what connection do you see in the setting (“A country road. A tree Evening.”) of the play and these painting?

Ans: - In this play he symbolize through country side road a tree etc very well. Waiting represents hope or something uncertain thing which is not clearly shown here. tree symbolize that slowly and steadily something will change and something will happen.

2} 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 - The tree has four or five leaves - ?

Ans. we can consider it with two world war in some ways that after world war first all things goes barren and then after some times leaves comes which we can connected with hope.

3} 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?

Ans. As per my view we can connected it with light after darkness. night shows darkness and moon shows light we can connected that with world wars also night is darker part and moon represents hope.

4} The play begins with the dialogue “Nothing to be done”. How does the theme of ‘nothingness’ recurs in the play?

Ans. From the beginning to the end nothing is done they are only keep on waiting no one came no one goes all things are meaningless or absurd and they are talking is also meaningless. "Nothing to be done" is totally appropriate with play because they are only done waiting and also not know that for what they are waiting that's why nothingness occurs here.

5} How are the props like hat and boots used in the play? What is the symbolical significance of these props?

Ans. As per my views Hat connected with inner part and boot connected with outer part. so hat represent inner struggle and boot represent physical struggle.

6} Do you think that the obedience of Lucky is extremely irritating and nauseatic? Even when the master Pozzo is blind, he obediently hands the whip in his hand. Do you think that such a capacity of slavishness is unbelievable?

Ans. No, perhaps this kind of slavishness can be believe because after long time of slavery it is being their inner habit to obey their master even when master is not looking which we find here. and that kind of example we can find in may places like Africa.

7} Who according to you is Godot? God? An object of desire? Death? Goal? Success? Or . . .

Ans. According to me Godot is Dilemma between life and death or uncertain aspect of life which is never clear or certain that it is sure or not.

8} Which of the following sequence you liked the most:

o Vladimir – Estragon killing time in questions and conversations while waiting

Vladimir and Estragon: The Hat and the Boot

o Pozzo – Lucky episode in both acts
o Conversation of Vladimir with the boy

Ans. All three is totally absurd and that's why m not sure about any one of them Their dialogues are not in sequence or clear that about what they are talking but many dialogue symbolize deeper meaning also like conversation of Vladimir and boy.

Thank You.