Discussion of Waiting for Godo

Discussion Paper #7 Waiting for Godot Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot is a play without meaning. Vladimir (Didi) and Estragon (Gogo) go on for pages with meaningless jibber-jabber. The setting is an obscure place with no distinguishable characteristics; there is only a tree and a road to decorate the mundane landscape. We have no knowledge of where they are in particular; we are oblivious to what time, year, or day it is. The addition of …

…their problems for them, instead of taking the initiative and exerting the maximum effort on their own behalf. It’s a comfort zone – the “if God wanted things to be different, he would have done it by now” attitude. Once again, Beckett isn’t striking at Christianity itself; he’s attacking the subsequent attitude that often follows in its wake that prevents humanity from realizing the potency for action that we possess here on earth.