ANALYSIS DRAMA “WAITING FOR GODOT”

OF SAMUEL BECKETT

LECTURER :
DIAN FITRI M.A

COMPILED BY :
KIKI MAYASARI
5031711007

ENGLISH LITERATURE
UNIVERSITAS BANGKA BELITUNG
FACULTY OF SOCIAL AND POLITICAL SCIENCE
2019
 CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION

Waiting for Godot is a drama by Samuel Beckett which devices in two parts, that is act 1 and
act 2. This drama has six characters, there is Estragon, Vladimir, Pozzo, Lucky, Boy, and also
Godot, but Godot is not being in this drama, the other character just said of this name.
Meanwhile, Vladimir and Estragon always waiting for Godot invaded. This manuscript was
first staged in Paris on 5 January 1953. The original manuscript were in French which were
later translated into many languages, including Indonesian(Kompasiana.com).
Waiting for Godot is a drama which tell a human life and relating between human and
God. This drama described how the human receive the existence of God in life. Its described
of Vladimir and Estragon who always waiting for Godot, meanwhile Godot never come to
them.
In this drama will showed the perplexity, where show such as the human. The readers
can feel this story is not have the ending, since the characters showed vacillation. In spite of,
particularly Waiting for Godot tell how human in the real life.
Estragon, sitting on a low mound, is trying to take off his booth.
He pulls at it with both hands , panting. He gives up, exhausted, rest, tries again.
As before.
Enter Vladimir.
Estragon: (Giving up again). Nothing to be done.
Vladimir: (Advancing with short, stiff strides, legs wide a part). I’am beginning to
come round to that opoinion. All my life I’ve tried to put it from mr, saying Vladimir,
be reasonable, you haven’t yet tried everything. And I resume the struggle. (He
broods, musing on the struggle. Turning to Estragon). So there you are again.
At the first, the characters Estragon appears busy with his booth. He tried
continuously to open his shoes but failed. When Estragon was busy trying to take off his
shoes , Vladimir rationally tried to give a philosophical argument It appears that Estragon is
a figure who easily discouraged, he is filled with extraordinary resentment when he could not
take off his shoes.
Waiting for Godot is a drama which showed the movement theater from modern era
to pos-modern theater. It is contain some issues, such as capitalism, religious, and social
issues. This drama has a lot of religious issues particularly the relating of human and God.
The explanation of those issues will discussed in next chapter.

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 CHAPTER II
DISCUSSION

“Waiting for Godot, tragicomedy in 2 acts by Sammuel Beckket” , from this words in covers
of manuscript, the word ”tragicomedy” is like show in this drama will be contain of 2 genre
that is tragical and also comedy. Meanwhile, in this drama is not found the comedy situation.
Only tragic that has been happened, such as at the end of drama, Estragon and Vladimir are
dead.
In other hand, according to Ionesco, comedy in this drama can not describe as general
meaning, meanwhile show the meaning which called “ the intuitition of absurd”. The absurd
in this term has mean a condition when human can not found certainty for his own life.
As same as drama in general, this drama also have some aspect, such as background,
intrinsic, and extrinsic aspect. There are some analysis about intrinsic and extrinsic aspect
from drama of Waiting for Godot.

Intrinsic Aspect:
Theme
The theme of Waiting for Godot is about life. In this drama showed that Vladimir and
Estragon always waiting the characters of Godot. Furthermore, as long as wait for Godot,
they spend their time for useless things, such as talk about a topic but never finished it. Even
so old they wait, the other characters, Pozzo and Lucky are blind and deaf. The day passed
quickly.
This situation, show that in real life, such as a human who want to find certainty for
the life. Human have God, meanwhile human can not see the God and asking about existence
of God. Furthermore, human still believe the existence of God. Human believe there are
something outside of human mind that as arranger of everything in this life. However, the
God never come to human as same as with Godot.

Plot
 Exposition:
At the beginning of this drama, Vladimir enter when Estragon try to take off his boot in a
country road. Vladimir and Estragon talk each other.

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  Rising Action:
Vladimir and Estragon wait for Godot invaded. They spend the time with talk about anything,
such as Vladimir try to entertain Estragon who looked sad. Vladimir talk about how they are
in the past, how they so glorious. In this drama, Vladimir described as a person who always
give advice that they must be loyal to waiting for Godot, since if they not do this, they will be
have punishment from Godot.

 Climax
Time passed, until Vladimir and Estragon can not distinguish the day. They are in the some
place, meanwhile themselves felt isolate of the environment. Then, they met with Pozzo and
Lucky. Again, they talked about Godot, until Pozzo want to know more about Godot.

 Falling Action
Lucky begin talked about God in monolog of this drama.
“Lucky: Given the existence”, the word given in monolog of Lucky, such as give the
meaning recognize. That we know, human know and also recognize the existence of God.

 Resolution
Actually, this drama is like not have ending, since just show perplexity from the characters. It
show such as human when we fell and we don’t know what to do, but at the end when we
remember God, we back eager to undergo everything.

Setting
 Place
At the beginning, the story start in a country road, when Estragon try to take off his boot until
at the end of the story.
 Time
At the beginning, the story set in the evening until the end. Since in this story explained that
the characters not distinguish the day, because too long waiting for Godot.

Characters
 Estragon

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Estragon is someone who easy desperate. This is evident from his words, especially “not to
be done” , the word show all of this activity can not finished at the end. Vladimir also
described hopeless person, since he always run away from the problem.

 Vladimir
Vladimir is someone who responsibility and wise person. He always give advice to Vladimir
and also talked about God and believe about invaded of Godot. He always entertain Estragon
when Estragon feel sad and try to advice him.

 Lucky
Lucky is slave of Pozzo. Lucky has same meaning with fortune, meanwhile his life is not like
his name.

 Pozzo
Pozzo is bad, impolite, and also arrogant person. He called Lucky with nickname hog. It is
very demeaning Lucky, who is his slave.

I. Extrinsic aspect
Religious issues:

Estragon: And if he doesn’t come/

Vladimir: we’ll come back tomorrow.
Estragon: And then the day after tomorrow.
Vladimir: Possibly
Estragon: And so on
Vladimir: The point is
Estragon: until he comes.
Vladimir: You’re merciless
In that script, the arrival of Godot means a rescue. At the very least, they could soon
be free from the attachment of waiting for Godot. This remind us of the coming of Christ as
written in Christian teaching.

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 In this drama, character Vladimir always give the advice about God to Estragon.
Estragon also said that in Injil, there are a thief who recognize and then he rescued. Even
though, Estragon still perplexity about the truth of this.

Social Issues:

Social context described by characters of Vladimir and Estragon where they are like each
heavily. In this drama also like parody of human life, where human have and believe about
existence of God, meanwhile human can not see the God.

POZZO: Who! You know how to think, you two?

VLADIMIR: He thinks?
POZZO: Certainly. Aloud. He even used to think very prettily once, I couldlisten to him for
hours. Now . . . (he shudders). So much the worse for me. Well, would you like him to think
something for us?
ESTRAGON: I'd rather he dance, it'd be more fun.
POZZO: Not necessarily.
ESTRAGON: Wouldn't it, Didi, be more fun?
VLADIMIR: I'd like well to hear him think.
ESTRAGON: Perhaps he could dance first and think afterwards, if it isn't toomuch to ask.
VLADIMIR: (to Pozzo). Would that be possible?POZZO: By all means, nothing simpler. It's
the natural order.(He laughs briefly)
VLADIMIR: Then let him dance.Silence.
POZZO: Do yu hear, hog?
AESTRAGON: He never refuses?
POZZO: He refused once. (Silence.) Dance, misery!
Lucky puts down bag and basket, advances towards front, turns to Pozzo. Lucky
dances. He stops.

From the dialog,there is class social which showed by Pozzo when he called Lucky, his slave
with hog. It is showed that Pozzo is rich people that have big wealth and power. He treat
Lucky as one likes, without any respect. It is also show one of characteristic by capitalism.

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 CHAPTER III
CONCLUSION

Waiting for Godot is drama which played by six characters, there is Estragon, Vladimir,
Pozzo, Lucky, Boy, and also Godot. Godot is character who waited for the other characters,
meanwhile Godot is never appear in the story.
Waiting for Godot is drama which show the human life and the relating of human and
God. Human believe the existence of God, meanwhile can not see the God. The moral value
of this Drama, human always have the guide in life, even though human never meet it. When
human in the perplexity or bad situation and then human remember the God or biggest thing
which believable, human will feel great again.

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