![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Just like Estragon and Vladimir, the audience waits during the play for some major event or climax that never occurs. Beckett has deliberately constructed a play where not only his characters, but also his audience wait for something that never happens. The boredom of the characters on-stage mirrors the boredom of the audience. Both Vladimir and Estragon repeat throughout the play that there is "nothing to be done" and "nothing to do." They struggle to find ways to pass the time, so they end up conversing back and forth about nothing at all-including talking about how they don't know what to talk about-simply to occupy themselves while waiting. As a result of this endless waiting, both Vladimir and Estragon are "bored to death," as Vladimir himself puts it. Estragon repeatedly wants to leave, but Vladimir insists that they stay, in case Godot actually shows up. Vladimir and Estragon spend the entire play waiting for Godot, who never comes. ![]() As Beckett's title indicates, the central act of the play is waiting, and one of the most salient aspects of the play is that nothing really seems to happen. ![]()
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