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    Waiting for Godot (1948) is a play by Samuel Beckett about two men named Vladimir and Estragon who meet under a tree each day and wait for a man named Godot to arrive, but he never comes. While they wait, they converse with each other and two other men, Pozzo and his slave Lucky, who stop to talk with Vladimir and Estragon before leaving. A young boy also appears each day to relay a message from Godot that he will not arrive that day but will come tomorrow. The play depicts the meaningless lives of the characters as they pass time waiting endlessly.

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    Waiting for Godot (1948) is a play by Samuel Beckett about two men named Vladimir and Estragon who meet under a tree each day and wait for a man named Godot to arrive, but he never comes. While they wait, they converse with each other and two other men, Pozzo and his slave Lucky, who stop to talk with Vladimir and Estragon before leaving. A young boy also appears each day to relay a message from Godot that he will not arrive that day but will come tomorrow. The play depicts the meaningless lives of the characters as they pass time waiting endlessly.

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    Waiting for Godot (1948) is a play by Samuel Beckett about two men named Vladimir and Estragon who meet under a tree each day and wait for a man named Godot to arrive, but he never comes. While they wait, they converse with each other and two other men, Pozzo and his slave Lucky, who stop to talk with Vladimir and Estragon before leaving. A young boy also appears each day to relay a message from Godot that he will not arrive that day but will come tomorrow. The play depicts the meaningless lives of the characters as they pass time waiting endlessly.

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    Waiting for Godot

    Samuel Beckett (Biography)


    Samuel Beckett was born in Dublin in 1906. He befriended the famous Irish novelist James
    Joyce, and his first published work was an essay on Joyce. Between 1951 and 1953, Beckett
    wrote his most famous novels, the trilogy Molloy, Malone Dies, and The Unnameable.
    Waiting for Godot, Beckett's first play, was written originally in French in 1948 (Beckett himself
    subsequently translated the play into English). It premiered at a tiny theater in Paris in 1953. This
    play began Beckett's association with the Theatre of the Absurd, which influenced later
    playwrights like Harold Pinter and Tom Stoppard.
    The most famous of Beckett's subsequent plays include Endgame (1958) and Krapp's Last
    Tape (1959). He also wrote several even more experimental plays, like Breath (1969), a thirty-
    second play. Beckett was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1969 and died in 1989 in Paris.

    Waiting for Godot (1948) (A play by Samuel Beckett) (Summary)

    Two men, Vladimir and Estragon, meet near a tree. They converse on various topics and reveal
    that they are waiting there for a man named Godot. While they wait, two other men enter. Pozzo
    is on his way to the market to sell his slave, Lucky. He pauses for a while to converse with
    Vladimir and Estragon. Lucky entertains them by dancing and thinking, and Pozzo and Lucky
    leave.
    After Pozzo and Lucky leave, a boy enters and tells Vladimir that he is a messenger from Godot.
    He tells Vladimir that Godot will not be coming tonight, but that he will surely come tomorrow.
    Vladimir asks him some questions about Godot and the boy departs. After his departure,
    Vladimir and Estragon decide to leave, but they do not move as the curtain falls.
    The next night, Vladimir and Estragon again meet near the tree to wait for Godot. Lucky and
    Pozzo enter again, but this time Pozzo is blind and Lucky is dumb. Pozzo does not remember
    meeting the two men the night before. They leave and Vladimir and Estragon continue to wait.
    Shortly after, the boy enters and once again tells Vladimir that Godot will not be coming. He
    insists that he did not speak to Vladimir yesterday. After he leaves, Estragon and Vladimir
    decide to leave, but again they do not move as the curtain falls, ending the play.
    Characters
    Vladimir
    One of the two main characters of the play. Estragon calls him Didi, and the boy addresses him
    as Mr. Albert. He seems to be the more responsible and mature of the two main characters.
    Estragon
    The second of the two main characters. Vladimir calls him Gogo. He seems weak and helpless,
    always looking for Vladimir's protection. He also has a poor memory, as Vladimir has to remind
    him in the second act of the events that happened the previous night.
    Pozzo
    He passes by the spot where Vladimir and Estragon are waiting and provides a diversion. In the
    second act, he is blind and does not remember meeting Vladimir and Estragon the night before.
    Lucky
    Pozzo's slave, who carries Pozzo's bags and stool. In Act I, he entertains by dancing and
    thinking. However, in Act II, he is dumb.
    Boy
    He appears at the end of each act to inform Vladimir that Godot will not be coming that night. In
    the second act, he insists that he was not there the previous night.
    Godot
    The man for whom Vladimir and Estragon wait unendingly. Godot never appears in the play. His
    name and character are often thought to refer to God.

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