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WaitingforGodot

SamuelBeckettSamuelBeckettTextanalysisThemewaitingforgodot等待戈多SamuelBeckettbackgroundBiography12waitingforgodot等待戈多Fatherofmodernlinguistics—NoamChomskywaitingforgodot等待戈多BiographySamuelBeckettwasbornonGoodFriday,13April1906.Attheageoffive,Beckettattendedalocalplayschool,wherehestartedtolearnmusic,andthenmovedtoEarlsfortHouseSchoolinthecitycentrenearHarcourtStreetBeckettexcelledatcricketasaleft-handedbatsmanandaleft-armmedium-pacebowler.Later,hewastoplayforDublinUniversityandplayedtwofirst-classgamesagainstNorthamptonshire.Asaresult,hebecametheonlyNobellaureatetohaveanentryinWisdenCricketers'Almanack,

the"bible"ofcricket.BeckettstudiedFrench,Italian,andEnglishatTrinityCollege,Dublinfrom1923to1927(oneofhistutorswastheeminentwaitingforgodot等待戈多BiographyIn1929,Beckettpublishedhisfirstwork,acriticalessay

entitled"Dante...Bruno.Vico..Joyce"..In1930,BeckettreturnedtoTrinityCollegeasalecturer.InNovember1930,hepresentedapaperinFrenchtotheModernLanguagesSocietyofTrinityontheToulousepoetJeanduChas,founderofamovementcalled

leConcentrisme.Aliteraryparody,ConfinedtoanursinghomeandsufferingfromemphysemaandpossiblyParkinson'sdisease,Beckettdiedon22December.InJanuary1938inParis,Beckettwasstabbedinthechestandnearlykilledwhenherefusedthesolicitationsofanotoriouspimp(whowentbythenameofPrudent).JoycearrangedaprivateroomforBeckettatthehospital.Backwaitingforgodot等待戈多WaitingforGodot

WaitingforGodot

isan

absurdist

playby

SamuelBeckett,inwhichtwocharacters,

Vladimir

and

Estragon,waitendlesslyandinvainforthearrivalofsomeonenamedGodot.

Godot'sabsence,aswellasnumerousotheraspectsoftheplay,haveledtomanydifferentinterpretationssincetheplay's1953premiere.Itwasvoted"themostsignificantEnglishlanguageplayofthe20thcentury".

WaitingforGodot

isBeckett'stranslationofhisownoriginalFrenchversion,

EnattendantGodot,andissubtitled(inEnglishonly)"a

tragicomedy

intwoacts".TheoriginalFrenchtextwascomposedbetween9October1948and29January1949.Thepremièrewason5January1953intheThéatredeBabylone,Paris.Theproductionwasdirectedby

RogerBlin,whoalsoplayedtheroleof

Pozzo.

Backwaitingforgodot等待戈多textanalysisofWaitingforGodotActIwaitingforgodot等待戈多AbsurbTheplotisabsurbIthasnotortuousplots,attractivescenes,excitingactionsorwords.Anyprogressorchangeofcharacters,surroundings

andthewhole

storycannotbeseeninthedisorderlyplay,whichisveryrepetitivesuchastheendingisarepetitionofthebeginning,Theplaylacksofconflictsorfiercewordsbutisfullofscattershotdialogueandabsurdepisodes.Attheopeningoftheplay,thetwotrampshavebeenwaitingforGodotforseveraldays,whileattheending,thewaitingisstillkepton.Toaudience,itseemsthatnothinghashappenedonthestage,nobeginning,noending,andwhatmerelyleftonthestageisendlesswaiting.waitingforgodot等待戈多Whatdotheytalkabout?P273Paragraph1-4talkaboutwhereHisHighnessspentthenightParagraph15-21talkabout"hurt"P274paragraph10talkaboutthievesillogicalincoherenceirrelevantthedialogueisabsurbP272-P274waitingforgodot等待戈多paragraph4

(Hetakesoffhishat,peersinsideit,feelsaboutinsideit,shakes

it,putsitonagain.)(Hetakesoffhishatagain,peersinsideit.)(Heknocksonthecrownasthoughtodislodgeaforeignbody,peersintoitagain,putsitonagain.)paragraph10

(Hetakesoffhishatagain,peersinsideit,feelsaboutinsideit,knocksonthecrown,blowsintoit,putsitonagain.)

Vladimir(Didi)p274(abouthishat)Whatdotheydowaitingforgodot等待戈多Estrangon(Gogo)(abouthisboot)P272,paragraph1Hepullsatitwithbothhands...tries

again.

P274,paragraph9(examininghisfoot)P274,paragraph10(Silence.Vladimirdeepinthought,Estragonpullingathistoes.)P273,paragraph13(Estragontearsathisboot.)

P274,paragraph4

(Estragonwithasupremeeffort

succeeds

in

pullingoffhis

boot.Hepeersinsideit,feels

aboutinsideit,turnsitupside

down,shakesit,looksonthegroundtoseeif

anythinghasfallen

out,findsnothing,feels

insideitagain,staring

sightlesslybefore

him)waitingforgodot等待戈多repetmeaninglesslackofpurposeboringGogoispullingathisboot,butfornoreasonorjustairforitabit.Didifeelsfunnywithhishat,andputsitoffagainandagainTheirbehaviourisabsurbwaitingforgodot等待戈多Why

theirtalksandbehaviousaresoillogicalandabsurd

itisduetounrestoftheirsociety

andpainontheirspiritandsoulwaitingforgodot等待戈多theybelievedtheoriginalsin(原罪).Fromthedialogue,Didisuggestedtorepent(懺悔).P274paragraph11-14

ESTRAGON:

What?VLADIMIR:

Supposewerepented.ESTRAGON:

Repentedwhat?VLADIMIR:

Oh...(Hereflects.)Wewouldn't

havetogointothedetails.religionwaitingforgodot等待戈多somerandomdiscussionsinvolvingphilosophyExampleP274paragraph2VLADIMIR:

(musingly).Thelastmoment...(He

meditates.)

Hopedeferred

makeththesomethingsick,who

saidthat?ESTRAGON:

Whydon'tyouhelpme?希望遲遲不來，苦死了等的人waitingforgodot等待戈多Beckettthinksthattheworldisabsurd,irrational.Sothatpeoplecannotcommunicatewitheachotherthroughrationalwords.InWaitingforGodot,thewordsdon'thaveexactmeaning.It'sjustatooltopasttime.Inordertogetridofsolitude,they

catch

every

chanceto

talktoeach

other.276waitingforgodot等待戈多eg:VLADIMIR:Youshouldhavebeenapoet.ESTRAGON:Iwas.Isn'tthatobvious?VLADIMIR:WherewasI...How'syourfoot?(TheyaretalkingaboutthemapsoftheHolyLand.Butthen,theycontinuetotalkaboutEstragon'sfoot.There'snologicalrelationsbetweentheirconversation)VLADIMIR:It'llpassthetime.(That'sthepurposeoftheirtalk.)waitingforgodot等待戈多(Inthefollowingtext,POZZOandLUCKYshowup.LUCKYisaslaveofPOZZO.HesuffersalotjustlikeVLADIMIRandESTRAGON.)TheytalkabouttwothievesandtheirSaviour.Theyarecrucifiedatthesametime.VLADIMIR:Thenthetwoofthemmustbeendamned.ESTRAGON:Andwhynot?VLADIMIR:Butoneofthefoursaysthatoneofthetwowassaved.WaitingforGodotwaitingforgodot等待戈多TheyraiseLucky,holdhimup.

TheiractionissimilartothetheivesandtheSaviour.Thethreearesuffering.AlthoughLUCKYisnotliketheSaviour,buttoVladimirandEstragon,heislucky.Hehasaspiritualsupport--POZZO.AlthoughPozzoisanevil.waitingforgodot等待戈多Inmyview,theirtalksaboutthetheivesandtheirreactiontoLUCKYarerelated.Theyarelikethetheives.Vladimirsays:oneofthetwowassaved.Fromthisword,Ithinkheisstillholdsomehopeinhismind.Ahoughitissolittle.waitingforgodot等待戈多SomerandomdiscussioninvolvingphilosophyVLADIMIR:Butoneofthefoursaysthatoneofthetwowassaved.ESTRAGON:Well?Theydon'tagreeandthat'sallthereistoit.VLADIMIR:Butallfourwerethere.Andonlyonespeaksofathiefbeingsaved.Whybelievehimratherthantheothers?ESTRAGON:Whobelieveshim?VLADIMIR:Everybody.It'stheonlyversiontheyknow.ESTRAGON:Peoplearebloodyignorantapes.waitingforgodot等待戈多Here,writerusemetaphortodescribepeople,comparinghumantoape.Atthattime,peopleareignoranceandstupid.Theydon'tknowhowtobearealperson.TheyjusthopethattheGodwillsavethem,sotheydon'thelpthemslevesfromsuffering.Theyjustwait.Waittilldie.waitingforgodot等待戈多EstragonisaFrenchname,shortenedformintheplayisGogo.ForanEnglish-speakingperson,itmeansconstantlymovingaroundandsomethingaboutrestlessnessandanxiety.

Vladimir:ARussiannamewhichremindusofaprominentRussianImperialVladimir,abbreviation:Didi.ForFrench-speakingviewers,thepronunciationof“Didi”issimilarto“Die”,whichmeanstalkingendlessly.Bycoincidence,bothrefertosimilartothepronunciationofChina's"brother"and"youngerbrother",sotheyjustlikeapair

offellowsufferers.waitingforgodot等待戈多279ESTRAGON:

Charming

spot.

(He

turns,

advances

to

front,

halts

facing

auditorium.)

Inspiring

prospects.

(He

turns

to

Vladimir.)

Let's

go.

VLADIMIR:

We

can't.

ESTRAGON:

Why

not?

VLADIMIR:

We're

waiting

for

Godot.(page277)

(Godotisthepersonthattheyarewaitingfor,buttheydonotknowwhoheisorwherehecomesfrom,buttheywaitjustthesame,apprentlybecauseGodotrepresentshopeinthisirrational,cruel,andpointlessuniverse)waitingforgodot等待戈多ESTRAGON:

(despairingly).

Ah!

(Pause.)

You're

sure

it

was

here?

…VLADIMIR:

He

said

by

the

tree.

(They

look

at

the

tree.)

Do

you

see

any

others?

(page277)

…ESTRAGON:

In

my

opinion

we

were

here.

VLADIMIR:

(looking

round).

You

recognize

the

place?

ESTRAGON:

I

didn't

say

that.

Uncertainty/vaguenessofplace

TheplacewheretheywaitforGotdotisnottypicalandcertain;It’sjustaplacethatcanexistatanytimeanditcanbebigorsmall.Buttheyargueforthat,whichindicatestheyarepuzzledandtheiranxietyofexistenceWherewaitingforgodot等待戈多ESTRAGON:

You're

sure

it

was

this

evening?VLADIMIR:

What?

ESTRAGON:

That

we

were

to

wait.

VLADIMIR:

He

said

Saturday.

(Pause.)

I

think.

ESTRAGON:

You

think.(page278)

(Thosewordsshowthevaguenessabouttime)“Saturday”iscreatedbyhumanbeings,sowaitingforGodotistowaitforGod.Whenwaitingforgodot等待戈多ESTRAGON:

That

would

be

too

bad,

really

too

bad.

(Pause.)

Wouldn't

it,

Didi,

be

really

too

bad?

(Pause.)

When

you

think

of

the

beauty

of

the

way.

(Pause.)

And

the

goodness

of

the

wayfarers.

(Pause.

Wheedling.)

Wouldn't

it,

Didi?

(Extensiveuseofpausesandsilencesthatinflectsasenseofanguish(痛苦),anditalsoshowsthattheirlanguageisboring,fragmentedandincoherent)waitingforgodot等待戈多VLADIMIR:

I

felt

lonely.

ESTRAGON:

I

had

a

dream.

…VLADIMIR:

Let

them

remain

private.

You

know

I

can‘t

bear

that.

（Fromthosedialogues,ononehand,wecanseetheircoldnesstoeachother;ontheotherhand,wecanseethatthetwopersonsdependoneach