Hello friends..
I am Hinaba Sarvaiya. This blog is my thinking activity given by our professor. Here we find the some questions the play by Samual Beckett in "Waiting for Godot".
Samual Beckett:-
Samual Beckett was an Irish novelist, playwright, short story writer, theatre directer, poet and literary transletor. Beckett was awarded the 1969 noble prize in literature for his writing. He also Star in the new form for the novel and drama.
He write many plays like Breath is very shortest play only for the 30 second play. Another popular play is Waiting for Godot. Which two characters, Vladimir and Estragon.
# In both Acts, evening falls into night and moo. Rises. How would you like to interpret this 'coming of night and moon' when actually they are waiting for Godot?
As per is universe true to sun rising and moon falls and moon rising and sun falls. And we know for is nature's cycles and it process became in everyday. Nobody can stope it and change it as we want. Here this play also started with both characters communication to eche other and waiting for the Godot. Long time both are waiting but don't want and tries to pass of time. Here we find the moon rises means one day pass and another day came. Here Moon also symbolise to the hope for the Vladimir and Estragon. Both are eagly waiting but Godot not came. Whatever happened in human life we can't change the situation, evening falls into night and moon rises give to hope and after the day he also coming. we are also face in same situation that time we waite the next day and connect with the positive attitude and only for the hopeful for the next time became something good for us.
# The director feels the setting with some debris. Can you read any meaning in the contours of debris in the setting of the play?
Here Beckett used contours of debris in the setting of the play. This play published in 1952 after the second world war. It time was so terrible for the people and lost of people suffer to this war and here Beckett used to his play in debris. It significant of rubbish and broken pieces of rock. And we find the film strated with Vladimir and Estragon stand for the debris and waiting for the Godot. Debris somthing sign for bad happen or meaninglessness of life that how the useless things if put together then it create a huge structure. Similarly the world is full of useless things which create or make the world. Debris represent the ups and downs of life. In this play also both characters Vladimir and Estragon claimed the debris whenever feels disappointment and think of committing suicides.
#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— atom bombs, hydrogen 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)?
This play is absurd play but it give to some positive message and present the real life of people. People are always confusion what I do? What is the purpose of life? And always to pass on life with confusion. But here Waiting for Godot is an absurd play but it is positive play. I am agree with is idea of Waiting for Godot as a positive play. As it presents the true picture of human life. Whatever they wish to live or not but life is never stops. If they wants to end their life it possible and but can't affected in lifelong for others. Other human beings keep on exist and live in the world, facing the same problem or suffering. Nothing change in the routing of the life of other. People who kill themself that they do not feel life is worth living or they have no future. We can kill yourself, but we can't kill life. Because life is always give to pleasure of life ang give to hope for new life. Because life is nothingness or meaninglessness.
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?
Yes, the obedience of lucky is extremely irritating and nauseatic. But our society is full of lucky tyre people. We all are lucky in one or anther way. In this play always tries to became a slave in his master Pozzo. Because we see the film and lucky blindly followed the order of Pozzo and give to whip in his hand. Empowerment control us. Society any powerful person build any rules, blindly followed we have not think about its good or not? But main float not for this person but same time give your own wipe in others hand. Someone tries to help us or make us aware but we started blaming them and hates to listen any advice and also hate to this person. We never allow ourself to free Like lucky. He also does this same thing in the play, even when Pozzo become blind, he never feels to make himself free from the chains and give it to the hand of his master Pozzo.
Do you think that plays like this can better be ‘read’ than ‘viewed’ as it requires a lot of thinking on the part of readers, while viewing, the torrent of dialogues does not give ample time and space to ‘think’? Or is it that the audio-visuals help in better understanding of the play?
Yes, this play required a lot of thinking on the part of readers, therefore it can be better read than viewed. Absurd play never be understood by viewing only. If requires lots of understanding, otherwise we won't be able to get the idea that what was going on. This type of plays are better to be read than watching. As audience will get bore by looking on the philosophical meaning of the play. But when it read it throws more light into mind and will be understood well without getting bore and easy to get the torrent of dialogue as it can never be caught in film version of in any theatre act.
#Which of the following sequence you liked the most:
-Vladimir – Estragon killing time in questions and conversations while waiting
-Pozzo – Lucky episode in both acts
- Converstion of Vladimir with the boy
We find Three sequence in this question and I like the conversational scene between Vladimir and Estragon. They passes many humorous dialogue while waiting to kill their time. Vladimir asked the question by Estragon and play game like questions- questions. It's very interesting conversation here find:
ESTRAGON:
(irritably). What is it?
VLADIMIR:
Did you ever read the Bible?
ESTRAGON:
The Bible . . . (He reflects.) I must have taken a look at it.
VLADIMIR:
Do you remember the Gospels?
ESTRAGON:
I remember the maps of the Holy Land. Coloured they were. Very pretty.
The Dead Sea was pale blue. The very look of it made me
thirsty. That's where we'll go, I used to say, that's where we'll
go for our honeymoon. We'll swim. We'll be happy.
Vladimir asked to question by Estragon u read the Bible? And we see the Estragon not give to proper answer and say to another concept like honeymoon. And many events present the laught. And both are pass out the time, kill their time. As they makes the audience burst out in laughter with their silly activities or silly questions over each other.
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