Interactive Oral Discussion

1. Psychoanalytical aspect
2. Political
Pozzo symbolizes Britain- whimsical; owns lots of territories
Lucky- symbolizes the Irish
IRA- Britain called it a terrorist group
Settings- helped to focus on characters
Lack of timeframe- add to the despair of the play, metaphorically, they are in
prison, suffering
Paris -modernist text -reaction to the war(WW2)
Lots of violeunce-
Why is it so obscure- political play so that it could be political -repetitive nature of
the play setting is bleak and apocalyptical
Nihilism people are angry about the play -challenges cultural norm/pretext- avant-
garde/ unconventional- slapstick/pauses are integral-
Keen cinema goer- seen Charlie chaplin dark slapstick- contradiction to Charlie
chaplin
Psychoanalytical regression of mental state , ego becomes more aggresive
No female
Pozzo and lucky accusing people of
Techniques:
Symbolism
Characterization weird- orthodox play little characterization structure :
continuity time-
Anti-theatre- by letting the audience know estragons and Vladimirs situation
Symbolism trees, pozzo and lucky
Dialogue- pauses add manners to the play
Audience baffled frustrated
Movement away from the society
Stage direction -bitter irony in the end- empty play
Anti-narrative stripped away of the narrative plot that we can recognize
Deliberate choice
Childish names onomastic lucky not lucky undertone of ww2- we dont kno who
the villain is who to sympathize- like when pozzo accused lucky
Social isolation they havent seen human beings for a ong time
Memory amnesia-
Existentialism understanding the purpose of life- links back to the 1 st question
in French literature -popular- this play is about human condition- about human
existence
Living in north korea- a society where there is no logic