Masterpieces, absurdities, two people await Godot endlessly, which is an impression from a middle school textbook.
When I actually read it, I try to understand the "meaning" hidden in the words, but it's more about the feelingBoredom and powerlessness
The boredom stems from the fact that Gogo and Ogi spend their days doing nothing, going back and forth about something the size of a sesame seed.
The powerlessness stems from Gogo and Ogi's ignorance and helplessness about the status quo, they don't know when Godot will come, they don't know how to change it, and they can only wait on the side of the desolate roadside, day after day.
But,Considering the situational setting of waiting for Godot, the behavior of the two is not absurd, but it is something that two idle people might do when they are bored.
In addition, there are two sentences that stand out to me:
There is a fixed amount of tears in the world. If there is one who cries, there is one who does not cry. The same goes for laughter. Therefore, we do not have to speak ill of our generation, which is no more unhappy than its predecessors. We don't have to say good things about it. We don't have to talk about it at all. Indeed, the population is increasing.People in every era have their own happiness and suffering, and there is no need to make serious comparisons.
All were crucified.God is not a god who is independent of humansEveryone in the world should bear their own suffering, overcome their own suffering, and become their own god. In times of turmoil, the confusion and chaos of people's hearts are the same, and even Samuel Beckett does not know who Godot is.
This book is also too good However, since the return of the old life is far away, and "waiting" is just a waste of time, it is better for us to take the initiative to do something to give meaning to life, even if these things are meaningless in the eyes of others.
Someone said: "Gogo represents the body, Ogi represents the mind, Pozzo represents the power colonizer, and the lucky one represents the ruled colonized, so Gogo is always studying his boots, and Ogi is always looking at his hat (representing the mind), and later Pozzo's blindness means that the ruling power of the Western colonists in the colonies is beginning to weaken." ”
Someone said: "The lucky one represents a universal and upward value, this script is about people abandoning traditional values, in short, the author wants to reflect the collapse of values in that era." ”
Someone said, "This book is religious. ”
Someone said, "This book is anti-religious. ”
Someone said, "This is an existential work." (Existentialism is human-centered, respectful of human individuality and freedom.) Man lives in a meaningless universe, and his existence itself has no meaning, but he can shape himself, achieve himself, and live a wonderful life on the basis of his original existence, so as to have meaning. ）
British theatre theorist Martin Essling commented: What is the imagery in "Waiting for Godot"? Two people themselves think they have a date with another person, so they go and wait every day. Finally a letter was sent that the other person was not coming, and the previous day's events were repeated the next day. Here's my explanation. This play expresses an idea:We are being pushed into this world, but for some reason. It is impossible for one to know why one is here. But we can't help but think that since we are here, we must have something to look forward to. Rush around in the middle of a day of waiting, hoping to uncover the secrets of survival before the end of the day. People may realize that there are no answers in life, and in this way they may be freer. In the process of waiting, people have to find reasons for their own waiting, and they have to create reasons if they don't have reasons, which is the meaning of survival.