Waiting for Godot and Streetcar Name Desire
In both plays Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett and A Streetcar named Desire by Tennessee Williams there is a void-like depression [due to the fact they have not fulfilled there dreams] in the lives of the main characters which they attempt to fill with meaningless belongings; entertainment, baths, alcohol and storytelling to one’s self. In Waiting for Godot the main characters Vladimir and Estragon converse on various topics while waiting for a man they don’t know and who never shows; Godot. While waiting Vladimir and Estragon meet two men, Pozzo and Lucky. Lucky speaks only once within the play and when he does he brings the audience in to understand their struggles and that they too have been waiting for a Godot within their lives. In the play A Street Car named Desire before the audience meets a character named Blanche DuBois it is assumed that she had the perfect life, she has her inheritance, her identity, her youth but all that is lost when her husband commits suicide. As soon as she loses her dream that is when she tries to fill her void-like depression. Waiting for Godot by Samuel Becket has been described has a play were nothing happens. Didi and Gogo wait by a tree on a country road for Godot, who they have never met and who may not exist. During the play they argue, make-up, think about suicide, discuss the Bible, and meet Pozzo and Lucky; master and his slave. In the play the audience can tell that Didi and Gogo have a ‘lost’ their dream by waiting for Godot. They wait for this Godot that is said to make their lives better, help them fulfil their dreams but in the end he does not come, their dream is officially lost and continue to wait for Godot in hopes of filling the void within their lives,
Vladimir: We must come back to-morrow Estragon: What for? Vladimir: To wait for Godot Estragon: Ah! He didn’t come? Vladimir: No.
According to Beckett he does know who Godot is, which leave the reader to interpret it for
Vladimir: We must come back to-morrow Estragon: What for? Vladimir: To wait for Godot Estragon: Ah! He didn’t come? Vladimir: No.
According to Beckett he does know who Godot is, which leave the reader to interpret it for