Paper 9 Character analysis in Waiting for Godot

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SUBMITTED TO :- S. B. GARDY DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH M.K.BHAVNAGAR UNIVERSITY.

Written by:- Vala Jyotsna T

Course No:-09 The modernist Literature.

Enrollment no :- PG15101042

Topic:- character analysis in Waiting for Godot

Introduction : -

Writer – Samuel Becket.

Born – 13 April 1906 in Foxrock, Dublin, 

Ireland.

Died – 22 December 1989 in Paris, France.

Occupation – Novelist, Playwright, Poet, 

Theater Director, Essayist.

Notable Awards – Noble Prize in Literature 

1969.

His work –

Waiting For Godot (1953).

Molly (1951).

The Unnamable (1953).

Watt (1953).

About Waiting For Godot : -

• Waiting For Godot is originally wrote in 
  France 1948, Beckett translated the play in 
  to English.
• Vladimir and Estragon are protagonist. Both 
  are waiting for unknown person Mr.Godot, 
  but he never come.
• Waiting For Godot was part of “Theater of 
  Absurd”. This implies that it is meant to be 
  irrational.
• It is Nothingness, Waiting and Absurd ideas 
  in the play.

Characters Analysis :-

1). Vladimir

2). Estragon

3). Pozzo

4). Lucky

5). A Boy

6). Mr. Godot

Character of Vladimir : -

Vladimir is a protagonist in this play. One of 

the two main characters of the play. He seems 

to be the more responsible and mature of the 

two main character. He is a very intellect 

rather than Estragon.

Character of Estragon:-

The second of the two main character. He 

seems very weak and helpless, he also has a 

very poor memory and forgot every thing, as 

Vladimir has to remained him.

Binaries between these two Character

Vladimir	Estragon
Represents the Soul.	Represents the body.
Vladimir – Mind – intellect.	Estragon – body - physical
Estragon call him DIDI.	Vladimir call him GOGO.
Intellect, Thinking and Mental Man.	No thinking, and Physical Weak.
Symbols of Hat.	Symbol of Boots.
Attention to Hat.	Attention to boots and food.
Tramp, Homelessness.	Tramp, Homelessness.
Remember to every thing.	Sleep, forget every thing.
Looks at the sky and muses on religious or philosophical matters.	Belongs to the stone.
Restless man.	Inert man.
Represents mind the actions of thinking, consciousness, reason.	Represents the body's organic function and needs hunger, movement, pain.
Vladimir is fascinated by the statistics of the Bible story.	Most interested in the carrots and pozzo's chicken bones.
Protagonist.	Protagonist.
Fifty years old.	Fifty years old.

Character of Pozzo : -

Pozzo is a Sadistic master and Lucky's master. 

He is a very rich and powerful. He passes by 

the spot where Vladimir and Estragon are 

waiting and provides a diversion. In the second 

act, he is blind and forget about meeting 

vladimir and Estragon the night before.

Character of Lucky:-

Lucky is the submissive slave and Pozzo's 

slave. He is a very poor and powerless man and 

he always think about his master. Who carries 

Pozzo's bags and stool. In Act 1, he entertains 

by dancing and thinking. However, in Act 2, he 

is dumb.

Binaries between these two Character

Pozzo	Lucky
Sadistic Master.	Submissive slave.
Superiority.	Inferiority.
Very rich, powerful, Decisive, Confident.	Very poor and powerless.
Not thinking for his slave.	Always thinking for his master.
Not give respect and values.	Always give respect and values.
Symbol of oppression.	Symbol of the oppressed and the repressed consciousness.
Pozzo is the sadist.	Lucky is the masochist.
Pozzo can be seen as the Ego.	Lucky as the ID.
Pozzo is the circus ringmaster.	Lucky is the trained or performing animal.
At the end he was blind.	At the end he was bum.
Sixty year old.	Sixty year old.

Character of Boy :-

He was a very minor character in this play. 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.

Character of 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 godot.

Works Cites :-

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Beckett

http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/godot/characters.html

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