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Waiting For Godot

Two men, Vladimir and Estragon, meet near a tree every day and wait for a man named Godot to arrive. While they wait, they encounter other men including Pozzo, a man traveling with his slave Lucky. Pozzo and Lucky entertain but eventually depart. A boy also appears each day to tell Vladimir that Godot will not come that day but will surely come tomorrow. Vladimir and Estragon decide to leave but do not move, ending each act. They continue waiting by the tree but Godot never arrives.

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Waiting For Godot

Two men, Vladimir and Estragon, meet near a tree every day and wait for a man named Godot to arrive. While they wait, they encounter other men including Pozzo, a man traveling with his slave Lucky. Pozzo and Lucky entertain but eventually depart. A boy also appears each day to tell Vladimir that Godot will not come that day but will surely come tomorrow. Vladimir and Estragon decide to leave but do not move, ending each act. They continue waiting by the tree but Godot never arrives.

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Waiting For Godot

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.

Dramatic Divisions of Waiting for Godot

Even though the drama is divided into two acts, there are other natural divisions. For the sake of
discussion, the following, rather obvious, scene divisions will be referred to:

ACT I:

(1) Vladimir and Estragon Alone

(2) Arrival of Pozzo and Lucky: Lucky's Speech

(3) Departure of Pozzo and Lucky: Vladimir and Estragon Alone


(4) Arrival of Boy Messenger

(5) Departure of Boy Messenger: Vladimir and Estragon Alone

ACT II:

(1) Vladimir and Estragon Alone

(2) Arrival of Pozzo and Lucky

(3) Departure of Pozzo and Lucky: Vladimir and Estragon Alone

(4) Arrival of Boy Messenger

(5) Departure of Boy Messenger: Vladimir and Estragon Alone

The above divisions of the play are Beckett's way of making a statement about the nature of the
play — that is, the play is circular in structure, and a third act (or even a fourth or fifth act, etc.)
could be added, having the exact same structure. For further discussion, see the section on
Circular Structure.

Character List

Vladimir (Didi) An old derelict dressed like a tramp; along with his companion of many years,
he comes to a bleak, desolate place to wait for Godot.

Estragon (Gogo) Vladimir's companion of many years who is overly concerned with his
physical needs, but is repeatedly told by Vladimir that, above all, they must wait for Godot.

Pozzo A traveling man dressed rather elaborately; he arrives driving another man (Lucky)
forward by means of a rope around the latter's neck.

Lucky The "slave" who obeys Pozzo absolutely.


Boy Messenger I and Boy Messenger II Each is a young boy who works for "Mr. Godot" and
brings Vladimir and Estragon news about "Mr. Godot"; apparently he takes messages back to
"Mr. Godot."

Godot He never appears in the drama, but he is an entity that Vladimir and Estragon are waiting
for.

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