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Summary: I don't understand this entry
Review: This entry makes no sense. In one section of the "Editorial Review" it mentions that this hardcover is a recording of a production at the Toronto Stratford Festival starring "McCamus and Ouimette." Then the "Production Notes" state that it stars Zero Mostel and Burgess Meredith with Kurt Kaszner and Alvin Epstein and directed by Alan Schneider. Mostel and Burgess were in an early 1950's TV version - which is quite good. But what does that have to do with this "book"? What does either? Very unclear.
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Summary: But the night won't fall...
Review: This is truly one of the most impactful and meaningful pieces of literature I have ever read. I've been through it and through it and through it, and I never tire of the thought is provokes. While it seems to be one of those works that you either totally love, or totally hate, anyone with an interest in existentialism will find this to be an utterly delightful non-story.
I've noticed many reviewers state that this book is laced with Christian themes, that Godot is symbolic of God. This is not entirely correct, and should not really be dwelled upon. While Beckett himself denies the book's apparent biblical themes (He claims that the play is about shoes, and that the naming of the saviour comes from a road near his house, "Godot St."), one can almost declare that it doesn't matter who or what Godot is - you will find the story (Or lack thereof) to be much more profound if you focus not on the fact that Didi And Gogo are waiting for Godot, but merely that - much like all of us - they are waiting - and wait on.
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Summary: Complicated yet Interesting
Review: Waiting for Godot is a book that takes a lot of concentration and understanding. It holds a great amount of importance and significance dealing with life. You will find yourself very frustrated at imes because of the way Becket writes the book. The plot is very dull and boring. It takes place around a tree on the side of a dirt road in the middle of nowhere. The main characters are two men named Vladimir and Estragon. They spend the entire book waiting for Godot, a man in which neither of them have ever met. They need to talk to him because they have questions and no answers. While they wait they meet Pozzo and Lucky, two other important characters. The theme of hope plays a mojor part of the book. Hope is what Vladimir and estragon build while they spend days waiting for Godot. The two characters are faced with many situations in which their hope is a great importance. Their hope gets them a long way. Waiting for Godot is a good book once you are able to realy understand it. The author makes it difficult for readers to understand. Although it is frustrating at times there is strength in the book. That is the importance of our lives that is expressed to make a point to the readers. It makes you think about your life and the way you are spending it. Becket semed to make the book confusing which i believe could have been written just as good without being so confusing. At the end it would have been nice to know what happens. Maybe it was made to be like that but it would have been good to know the outcome and not just leave the reader with wonder. If you are able to take a challenge and read Waiting for Godot, I wish you luck. Once you understand Beckets writing, it really is quite an interesting book.
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Summary: I got woken up for this?
Review: What is the meaning of the play? There is no meaning to the play other than that there is no meaning to the play. What is the meaning to life? There is no meaning to life other than that there is no meaning to life, which is the meaning of life, which has no meaning, which is the meaning of life, which has no meaning.... Ok, I'll stop.
In order for the play to have meaning, you have to be IN the play. Are you in the play? No. If you were IN the play, what would be the meaning of the play? The meaning of the play would be the play, the playing of the play, for which there is no meaning. So, the meaning of life, for someone IN life, is life, for which there is no meaning. Are you the actor who FEELS, or are you the audience member who THINKS? If you are the actor who feels, then you are Waiting For Godot, and alternately you feel anxious, depressed, bored, etc. Now knowing this, you the audience member no longer think but feel; you feel for the actors, who are Waiting for Godot, who ain't gonna show up. I suppose there is a kind of mad pathos in all this waiting, thinking, and feeling. Nevertheless, Samuel Beckett was an insufferable ass! The jokes on you for coming to the play. The play is tautologically nonsensical.
And it ain't Shakespeare, Sophocles, or Euripides.
And now I'm going back to sleep. And I demand a refund! But how can I demand a refund from Godot, when he or HE doesn't exist? And Samuel Beckett sneaks out the back of the theater, cash in hand.... HAR, HAR, HAR!
But yes, I must admit, there is a kind of pathos to this whole play-going/life-going experience. Not enough pathos, however, for me to esteem the play very highly.
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Summary: Too deep for me to understand....
Review: When I give this play two stars, I am not doing so in an attempt to discredit it, or to say it is a bad piece of work. The two stars that I have given it is simply a rating on how much I understood it and its themes....which is very little. Perhaps I am not a deep enough thinker to understand this, or perhaps I was simply not in the proper frame of mind when I read it. Regardless, "Waiting For Godot" is very much a masterpiece, but I have a hard time understanding what it is about. I do not agree with the negative reviews that it has been receiving, but on the other hand, I can understand where they're coming from-- this play is extremely hard to follow. The dialogue is very complex, and the theme, though I think if I concentrate hard enough I can understand, is so jumbled together in my head, that there are simply no words to describe it. I urge you to read this play, if for nothing else than for how it challenges your mind. I'll be thinking about it for a long time, even if I don't quite comprehend it.
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