Beckett sees very little reason for clutching at faith, but is unableĪlthough the drama is puzzling, the director and the actors play it as though they understand every line of it. But there is still an illusion of faith flickering around the edges of the drama.
Beckett's drama adumbrates-rather than expresses-an attitude toward man's experience on earth the pathos, cruelty, comradeship, hope, corruption, filthinessĪnd wonder of human existence. The rest of the symbolism is more elusive. Those who are loiteringīy the withered tree are waiting for salvation, which never comes. It seems fairly certain that Godot stands for God. Since "Waiting for Godot" is an allegory written in a heartless modern tone, a theatre-goer naturally rummages through the performance in search of a meaning. Two of themĬonsist of a flamboyant lord of the earth and a broken slave whimpering and staggering at the end of a rope. Two of the characters are waiting for Godot, who never arrives. Literally, the play consists of four raffish characters, an innocent boy who twice arrives with a message from Godot, a naked tree, a mound or two of earth and a sky. Beckett's acrid cartoon of the story of mankind. Put the two together and you have some notion of Mr. The point of view suggests Sartre-bleak, dark, disgusted. Beckett's experience of two worlds to account for his style and point of view.
Since "Waiting for Godot" has no simple meaning, one seizes on Mr. Beckett is an Irish writer who has lived in Paris for years, and once served It isīut you can expect witness to the strange power this drama has to convey the impression of some melancholy truths about the hopeless destiny of the human race. ApBeckett's 'Waiting for Godot' By BROOKS ATKINSON on't expect this column to explain Samuel Beckett's "Waiting for Godot," which was acted at the John Golden last evening.
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