Natalie Lpez Daz Professor Carola Oyarzn Drama April 8th 2013 And Godot Never Came.

There are various characteristics in the play Waiting for Godot that can get the attention of the reader: Elements of repetition, absurd dialogues ,etc. But mainly, the title itself may cause major attention: Godot. Who or what is Godot? Is possible to demonstrate Godot as the main subject of debate. The main characters, Vladimir and Estragon, await for Godot near a tree. They relate Godot to salvation, although they know very little about him. Both say that they must wait for Godot, as if this "character" had an important message fot both of them. Time goes by as they keep on waiting, one character more optimistic than the other. The element of uncertainty is present throughout the whole play. Vladimir and Estragon feel unsafe when it comes to what Godot is going to say, what should they do next, thinking about departing or leaving each other alone even in dreams. There is dependence within the play as in the following quotation says: " VLADIMIR halts before Estragon] Gogo!... Gogo!... Gogo! [Estragon with a start] wakes

ESTRAGON: [Restored to the horror of his situation.] I was asleep! [Despairingly] Why will you never let me sleep? VLADIMIR: I felt lonely." (p.17) What awaits for them in the future is clearly uncertain. At the end of each the scenes they would point out the idea of moving away from each other, accepting both but neither of them taking the first step. They don't know how to stand by themselves, or the y would finally get together again as happened at the beginning of the play , in which Vladimir even wants to celebrate that occasion. Both characters live in a constant circle of repetition in which the awaiting of Godot is what makes them stay together, although , as said before, more than once they express their idea of separating. Although they have seen and repeated the same acts over and over, they tend to forget. As in the beginning they act as meeting again and saying how happy to see each other. Vladimir and Estragon seem to not know what else to do, but what they clearly know is that they must wait for Godot, as if waiting an answer, a new path, another light. The boy tells them that Godot will not come (again) but that hell be tomorrow. They get anxious but stay anyway.Monotony is what their lives are about , always waiting, always repeating but forgetting.

References B., Samuel.The Complete Dramatic Works. Waiting for Godot. Faber & Faber 1990.