Nothing to be done

The days of comfort are far gone for these two. All they can do is wait for nothing. Estragon and Vladimir are two longtime friends that have found themselves in this strange predicament of need. Waiting for something equates to something that you don’t have. Estragon and Vladimir have no place of security, limited amounts of foods, and general life resources. So what are they waiting for? Godot to save their souls or simply to ease their means of life until they die? Estragon and Vladimir are waiting for the ultimate “savior” to come and save their spiritual souls. To better assess the role Godot is supposed to play in Estragon and Vladimir’s life you have to look at Didi and Gogo’s 50-year relationship, the religious connotations made by them, as well as verbiage stated about Godot and his character.

First, ask yourself “Will this Godot save their souls in a spiritual or religious sense? Or will he simply provide them food and shelter?” To answer this question in the most accurate way we have to look at the initial conversation in this play. Vladimir reflects on the story in the “Bible” about “two crucified at the same time as their “savior”. Certainly, we can say that the lives they had before must’ve been of one with sin if they are in need of forgiveness. We as readers know that the life they had before this was one of great magnitude. Vladimir stated “Hand in Hand from the top of the Eiffel Tower, among the first. We were respectable in those days. Now it’s too late. They wouldn’t even let us up” (Beckett 3). We can concur that their lives before wasn’t as precarious.