Waiting for Godot

1) The video ‘Power of 10’ basically shows us the human understanding and discoveries made so far in regards to the universe. If we think about it, it also shows the limit of our understanding of the universe and Godot. We can’t see him yet there is constant need for people around the world of different faiths to believe that he exists. Human beings have made so many extraordinary discoveries but the question of God might be the most controversial. Does he exist or not, if he does why is there so much hate in the world and if he doesn't, where does that leave mankind and the their existence, and why do we still sometime hope that there be a greater power out there somewhere who can listen to our prayers when we face hardships.  

2) After watching the play, I got to look more into what each character represented. And the closest that I could get to understanding Pozzo and Lucky was that Pozzo represented pleasure in materialistic things and Lucky represented sadness and insanity of life. For instance, Pozzo likes entertaining himself by making Lucky dance and making him think or speak out his thoughts. And Lucky on the hand, his absurdity can be determined by his thoughts when he was told to speak and he makes no sense.

3) Didi seems to be the more sensible (being the intellect and mind) out of the bunch whereas Gogo (being the body) is a bit slower and dumb in figuring things out and it most likely that Gogo could not make it on his own without Didi. It kind of represented the how a body would be without a mind or conscious.

4) The two keep talking about waiting for god because they seem to think that he might be able to save them. In the meantime, they also talk about their lives and how the two have been friends for a long, and sometimes think that maybe they should try living without each other. They also talk about hanging themselves when they would, at times, become hopeless in the wait for God.

5) Didi and Gogo represent how life of a human being is. All humans at some or all phases of life have an inner struggle or search of who they are. We struggle in regards to things we believe, search and understand. There is always a part of us that at times contradicts how we act and what we should do. So that is why I believe that a lot of our lives are like that of Gogo and Didi.

6) The play is about friendship. Even though Didi and Gogo at times think that they should live without one another because sometimes they can’t stand each other they care and stay together. It is also about hope, since they have never seen Godot and yet they believe, hope and wait for him because they hope he will save them. And it is also about life itself, basically the play I pointing at the question that no one seems to have a right answer to. What is life and how different people find their own way of living it. As we can take Pozzo as an example as he finds his pleasures in having Lucky to entertain him and serve him so that he won’t be lonely.

7) I think that the play itself was not cynical. However there are parts where it does show how there may be parts of a human beings life where they may act cynical. For example when Gogo and Didi meet Pozzo and when Pozzo needs help, Gogo decides that they will help him if he pays them money. There are a lot of things that make us insecure. It maybe the way we look, who we are, what we represent, about our futures, about our careers, overall about life. Then flipside to this however, is security which I think is good but also may come with some other features. Like, arrogance, ego, and pride. I’m not necessarily saying that everyone would be like that but there is a probability that one could behave like that.