The document provides background on Samuel Beckett and his play Waiting for Godot. It summarizes that the play features two main characters, Vladimir and Estragon, who wait under a tree for a man named Godot to arrive but he never does. Vladimir is more intellectual and stable while Estragon is forgetful and dependent on Vladimir. Their relationship represents the interdependence of body and soul. Symbols like Vladimir's hat represent the mind while Estragon's boots symbolize the physical. The characters can be seen as modern tramps, wandering with no fixed home or purpose other than to wait endlessly.

1. Waiting for GodotWaiting For Godot

2. About Author:
 Born – 1906 and died – 1989
 Irish avant garde novelist, playwright,
theater director and poet.
 Wrote in both English and French.
 Associated with literary movement
“Theater ofThe Absurd”.
 Example of absurd theater,
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Malone Dies
Breath
Waiting for Godot
 Last modernist writer.
Samuel Beckett

3. About play Waiting for Godot
 Originally written in French with the
title of “En attendant Godot” in 1948.
 In English 1949.
 Subtitled ‘a tragicomedy in two acts’
 This play is divided in to two act.
 Setting: A country road, A tree
 Time : Evening.
 In the entire play two character wait
for the arrival of someone named
Godot who never arrives.

4. Character of the play:
Godot
Vladimir
Pozzo Lucky
Estragon
Boy

5. Character of Vladimir and Estragon
Vladimir Estragon

6. Vladimir and Estragon
Vladimir Estragon
 Estragon call him DiDi, small
boy , Mr. Albert.
 Practical , intellectual
 Philosopher
 stable
 Remembers thing
 Upset
 He has hope Godot will come
one day
 Protector of Estragon
 Vladimir call him Gogo.
 A poet
 Eater
 No sense of time and place
 Telling funny story.
 Depend onVladimir.
 He was skeptical .
 Forgets the thing.
 Estragon was slipping.

7. Continue..
Vladimir Estragon
 Can’t listen for dream
For example,
Vladimir: I felt lonely
Estragon: I had a dream
Vladimir: Don’t tell me!
Estragon: I dreamt that –
Vladimir: DON’TTELL ME!
 He was dreamer

8. Relationship between Estragon and
Vladimir as ‘Body’ and ‘Soul
 Estragon – body – physical
 Vladimir – soul – intellect
 Both are dependent on each other.
 One cannot live without the other.
 One character’s weakness is the
other character’s strength.
 Father and son relationship

9. Symbol of “Boot” and “Hat”
Vladimir Estragon
 Symbol of hat
 It connect with mind
 Thinking, intellect,
 Remember to Mr. Godot
 Symbol of boot
 It connect with physical
 Sleep, forgot everything
 Not remember Mr. Godot,
even forgot name also.

10. Vladimir and Estragon as tramp
character
 What is tramp character?
 A Homeless person who travels from place to
place on foot in search of work or as a vagrant
or beggar.

11. Vladimir and Estragon as tramp:
 Both have physical attributes of the
tramp
 Both have wear big boots, which
don’t necessarily fit.
 Their suits are baggy and ill fitted, a
big bowler hat, a famous small
mustache.

12. Comparison of Vladimir and Estragon
with bollywood tramp

13. Conclusion
 Vladimir and Estragon both are dependent on
each other in order to wait for Godot. One
character’s weakness is other characters
strength. Samuel Beckett’s representation of
two protagonist gave a clear and deliberate
message of questioning the idea of individual
identity.

14. Work sited
 Martin Esslin’s article “The search for the self”.
 https://www.slideshare.net/hezaltrivedi/relatio
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waiting-for-godot
 https://www.slideshare.net/deepikavaja/relatio
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body-and-soul