Vladimir is suffering from prostrate problem. Vladimir’s game with his hat appears as if this is happening in a circus. The audience burst out in laughter when they see Estragon putting off and on his boots. The latter pleads with him in vain to hear him, saying that there is nobody else to whom he may communicate his private nightmares. For example, Vladimir is determined not to hear Estragon’s nightmare. The total atmosphere of the play is very akin to dark-comedy. All musical devices are employed to create laughter in such a tragic situation of waiting.
There are many dialogues, gestures, situations and actions that are stuff of pure comedy. The English edition of “Waiting for Godot”, published in 1956 describes the play as a “tragic-comedy” in two acts. Shakespeare’s ‘Cymbeline’ and ‘The Winter’s Tale’ may also be categorized as tragic-comedy.” “A tragic-comedy is not so called in respect to mirth and killing, but in respect it wants death which is enough to make it no tragedy. Fletcher, in his “Preface to the Faithful Shepherdess”, defines a tragic-comedy as: In such a play tragic and comic elements are mixed up together. The characters of a tragic-comedy are noble but they are involved in improbabilities. The action is serious in theme and subject matter and tone also sometimes but it seems to be a tragic catastrophe until an unexpected turn in events brings out the happy ending. His name are character are often thought to refer to God, changing the play's title and subject to Waiting for Godot.Tragic-comedy is a play which claims a plot apt for tragedy but which ends happily like a comedy. Godot - The man for whom Vladimir and Estragon wait unendingly. In the second act, he insists that he was not there the previous night. However, in Act II, he is dumb.īoy - He appears at the end of each act to inform Vladimir that Godot will not be coming that night. In Act I, he entertains by dancing and thinking. Lucky - Pozzo's slave, who carries Pozzo's bags and stool. In the second act, he is blind and does not remember meeting Vladimir and Estragon the night before. Pozzo - He passes by the spot where Vladimir and Estragon are waiting and provides a diversion. He also has a poor memory, as Vladimir has to remind him in the second act of the events that happened the previous night.
He seems weak and helpless, always looking for Vladimir's protection. He seems to be the more responsible and mature of the two main characters.Įstragon - The second of the two main characters. Estragon calls him Didi, and the boy addresses him as Mr. Vladimir - One of the two main characters of the play. After he leaves, Estragon and Vladimir decide to leave, but again they do not move as the curtain falls, ending the play. He insists that he did not speak to Vladimir yesterday. Shortly after, the boy enters and once again tells Vladimir that Godot will not be coming. They leave and Vladimir and Estragon continue to wait. Pozzo does not remember meeting the two men the night before. Lucky and Pozzo enter again, but this time Pozzo is blind and Lucky is dumb. The next night, Vladimir and Estragon again meet near the tree to wait for Godot. After his departure, Vladimir and Estragon decide to leave, but they do not move as the curtain falls. Vladimir asks him some questions about Godot and the boy departs. He tells Vladimir that Godot will not be coming tonight, but that he will surely come tomorrow. Lucky entertains them by dancing and thinking, and Pozzo and Lucky leave.Īfter Pozzo and Lucky leave, a boy enters and tells Vladimir that he is a messenger from Godot. He pauses for a while to converse with Vladimir and Estragon. Pozzo is on his way to the market to sell his slave, Lucky. They converse on various topics and reveal that they are waiting there for a man named Godot. Two men, Vladimir and Estragon, meet near a tree.
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