Help of a long rope, which he uses in cases, when Lucky is too slow. Were things Beckett said, psychological terms he used.” (Kalb 1989). … and his overcompensation has to do with a deep insecurity in him. “Pozzo is a character who has to overcompensate. Produced by Kapp and Peterson, who were the well-known tobacconists in Dublin. He behaves as if he is the Ascendancy landlord. He is on the way to the fair and aims to sell there his There is not much information provided by theĪuthor about Pozzo. When Vladimir and Estragon communicate, they call each other by the pet names “Gogo” and “Didi”, whereas the boy addresses Vladimir, using the polite form “Mister Albert”. This could be revealed through his voluntary exchange of his hat for Lucky’s hat. Vladimir has to face some life challenges as well, but in contrast to Estragon most of his problems are related to his morality and inside world. He continually forgets, Vladimir continually reminds him between them they pass the time.” (Alvarez 1992). “But perhaps Estragon’s forgetfulness is the cement binding their relationship together. Taking into consideration his problems with memory, it is possible to assume that he might suffer from Alzheimer’s. For example, when Vladimir asks him about the Gospels, Estragon speaks about the colored maps of the Holy Land and related this to his desired trop to the Dead Sea for the honeymoon. Sometimes it is difficult for him to remember some things.
Estragon is more inert in comparison to him, and he is more concerned about mundane problems, for example his food, his physical pains, etc. Vladimir is more active and he looks to the sky and considers some philosophical or religious issues. “The hat-passing game in Waiting For Godot and Lucky’s inability to think without his hat on are two obvious Beckett derivations from Laurel and Hardy – a substitution of form for essence, covering for reality,” wrote Gerald Mast in The Comic Mind: Comedy and the Movies” (Mast 1979).Most of the time during the play Vladimir stands and Estragon often sits down or dozes off. There were no physical descriptions of the characters of the play, apart of the fact that Vladimir was heavier.
There is mentioning of Estragon’s clothes only, stating that it was shabby. Usually they are performed in the costumes of tramps on the scene, however they were not openly called so in the text. When Samuel Beckett started to write his play, he had vague images of Vladimir and Estragon.
All characters of the play are used by they author in order to reveal his existentialist views regarding humans’ freedom of choice and duality of this freedom. Waiting for Godot could be considered an existentialism play, as the play avoids the generally accepted characteristics of mankind, life morals or God’s essence and it focused upon the concepts of freedom and existence. Since Godot never arrives, the two characters are engaged into various discussions and conversations about different themes along with meeting other three characters. In the play two men – Vladimir and Estragon – are waiting for Godot. Later the English version appeared in 1955, earning the title of the most significant English language play in the twentieth century. Waiting for Godot is a well-known play by Samuel Beckett, the original text of which was composed in 1949.