Monday, October 20, 2014

Waiting For Godot assignment

#1.
The way I see the powers of ten video relating to waiting for godot is a little how Estragon & Vladimir seem to live day by day, everyday, in their little circle, just consumed whether Godot will show or not. The powers of ten video show how although we live on, what is to us, a large planet, there are millions of things larger than our own world. Majority of which we will never have the opportunity to actually witness because how many light years away it is from our own tiny little planet in comparison. Then it starts to zoom in to way more than the naked eye will ever be able to see. There is so much that we don't know and understand. Waiting for godot is surrounded in the world of these two main characters who don't even know what godot looks like, yet they wait every single day for his arrival. They are unsure of what day it is or even if they were in a particular place the day before. The entire play is confusing and consumed in the perspective of two what seem to be delusional characters who are unaware of the date, place, or time that they are even in.

#2.
Pozzo & Lucky have several moments in the play all of which that seem very weird and hard to understand. In the first act, Pozzo and Lucky make their appearance with Lucky tied to a rope. Little seems to be explained of the play itself. It is hard to even try to describe the meaning of the characters and the play. I think maybe the meaning of Pozzo and Lucky being in the play may be for the purpose of other people in Vladimir and Estragon's life. It may be to give a sense of their surroundings. Or the other thing could be that they are just figures of their imagination.

#3, #4 & #5.
i have no idea.

#6.
if this play is not about God, one of the first three things that came to mind for me, is a psychologically disordered person. Perhaps Vladimir is the person and perhaps he imagines Estragon which is why Estragon needs Vladimir to help defend himself and although he says he's leaving, he never really does. Therefore Pozzo and Lucky can also be part of Vladimir in the way that he needs other subjects to bounce these personalities off of. The second thing could be, that they are waiting for an actual person. Maybe someone who could help them with whatever problem they need to get out of but he never shows to actually help and raises their hopes for nothing.

#7
This play makes little to no sense to me. The things that make us insecure is what we do not approve of on ourselves. Whether it is self influence, society standards, or negative incidents of certain things. It only takes one moment or one person to point something out or make a negative comment about a particular thing to make it become an insecurity. I think it depends on the person an the kind of insecurities that they have to be able to say how much they act on it. I, personally, am always aware of my insecurities mostly because previous incidents or what has been going on for years. I am so used to it that it is natural for me to go about my day with those insecurities in mind. The flipside to insecurities is that if a person can manage to oversee it or realize that it is not something they have to deal with and can get it over with, it could be a very empowering thing to be able to say your insecurities are your strength. Accepting them could be what makes you stronger than what you were before.

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