Additional analysis of Vladimir

In the play, Vladimir seems to be smarter than Estragon. He is always thinking and wondering about things like when he is thinking about the four thieves. He also is very restless in the play. He is always standing and running to and fro from the tree in the search and wait of Godot unlike Gogo who not only sits but also dozes off. Didi seems to also have manners as compared to Gogo, for instances, when Gogo asks Pozzo to give them money, he replies that they are not beggars and he doesn’t take any interest in the bones when Estragon takes them to eat or in any food since throughout the play Gogo is the one that eats out of the pair. He is always lost in thoughts and continuously thinking like about redemption and being saved by Godot which shows that he has a burden of thoughts. He also tries Lucky’s hat and when Pozzo asks what they would like Lucky to do, he replies that he would like him to think. In act 1, Didi doesn’t remember where they were to meet Godot and if they had been there the day before. In act 2, he is the one that remembers that they were there the day before and had met some strange people but no one else remembers.  He is in search of answers and hope. He wonders about time when he sees Pozzo being blind and not knowing the time. He and Gogo really don’t know how to kill the time they have on their hands which may indicate that them waiting for Godot is actually filling up the void that they have. That void which is time, time which represents their lives without purpose other than ‘Waiting For Godot’.