General Resources

• Wikipedia

Movie Adaptations and theatrical productions

• Directed by: Michael Lindsay-Hogg

Documentaries

• The History of Beckett’s “Waiting for Godot” (1994)
• Samuel Beckett: Silence to Silence documentary (1991)

Video Lectures

• Ian McKellen Discusses “Waiting for Godot”
• Theatre and Language: Samuel Beckett, ‘Waiting for Godot’ – Professor Belinda Jack
• The meaning of Godot – Drama undergraduate taster lecture, University of Birmingham
• Samuel Beckett: Waiting for Godot, Vidyamitra
• Swayam Prabha: Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett: Presenter:Narendra Sarma

Study Guides

• Study Guide 1
• Study Guide 2
• Study Guide 3
• WAITING FOR GODOT STUDY GUIDE: Android App

Main Topics

• Waiting for Godot as an absurd drama
• Existentialism in Waiting for Godot
• As a tragicomedy
• Relationship between Lucky and Pozzo
• Characters of Vladimir and Estragon
• Identity of Godot
• Structure of the drama

Questions

1. For what or whom are the main characters in “waiting for God” waiting for and why do they wait?
2. What was the relationship between Pozzo and Lucky from post colonial perspectives ?
3. Why is the play in two acts?
4. Who is Goddot?
5. Estragon repeats “Nothing to be done.” Why?
6. character of the boy
7. Comment on: “cut off from his religious, metaphysical roots, man is lost”
8. In waiting for Godot, what would Beckett determine is the meaning of human life?
9. Analyze Lucky’s monologue
10. Comment on the title of Waiting for Godot
11. Why do Estragon and Vladimir stay together even though it is suggested throughout the play that they part ways?
12. What do the acts of pulling off one’s boot and pulling on and off one’s hat signify in the drama?
13. What does the tree symbolize in Waiting for Godot?
14. Is Waiting for Godot more nihilistic or existentialist, and why?
15. What are the symbols in Waiting for Godot?
16. The setting of the play
17. How does Lucky’s speech in Waiting for Godot relate to God, and what is the meaning behind it?
18. How does the play Waiting for Godot show that time is meaningless?

Tasks for students

• Prepare the questions and send your answers to TTM at ttm1974@gmail.com