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A 3 page paper which examines how each character represents a part of the human consciousness as it relates to the characters of Vladimir, Estragon, and Pozzo in Samuel Beckett’s play “Waiting for Godot.” No additional sources cited.
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humanity. The play involves two men who wait for another named Godot, a man they have never even met. They spend two entire days sitting and waiting, pointlessly and aimlessly
wondering and existing. There is really no true plot or obvious message in the play, but at the same time it is very much a play that studies the human
consciousness in one respect or another. The following paper examines human consciousness as it is represented in three characters, characters who make a whole: Vladimir, Estragon, and Pozzo.
Waiting for Godot Vladimir: Vladimir one of the two characters who sits and waits for Godot. Vladimir, unlike the other one Estragon, seems
to need no real convincing or support in his waiting for Godot. In these respects he seems the more logical of the two, and the more logical of all characters
in some respects. In this perspective one could say he was the faithful and logical one, assuming that good would come, in the form of Godot, and that some important
event would occur, or some important lesson would be learned. Vladimir is the one who asks logical and seemingly intelligent questions, trying to find answers to the puzzle of
Godot. He shows a certain sense of determination and in this one finds a sense of hope in Vladimir. At the same time there is a sense of arrogance and
superiority about him as he believes in what he is doing and treats Estragon as an idiot. He tells Estragon, in the beginning, "but for me...where would you be?" (Beckett
3). In all of these aspects Vladimir appears to represent the intellectual and arrogant side of a human being. He is that part of a person who feels they have
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