Waiting for Godot is an interesting, yet at the same time dull, play. Didi and Gogo are constantly waiting for the arrival of someone, a monotonous and simple task, yet their period of waiting is filled with trivial, useless, yet interesting events. They are occupied by anything: from simple topics to serious ones like suicide, as well as a bizzare interaction with Pozzo and Lucky. It's interesting how as the audience we are struggling to understand the substance and meaning to their conversations, yet we are able to still relate to the simple task of waiting. I for one did not understand Lucky's speech at all until Mrs. Feldkamp broke it down for us. What was the point of all the repetitive phrases? Apparently it all carried a deeper meaning. Maybe this is what Didi and Gogo ponder during their wait.
All of us have had to wait for something. Right now we're waiting for the weekend, we're waiting for the school year to end, we're waiting for college to start. While our imaginations don't materialize like Didi's and Gogo's, we use them to fill the time as well. What's summer going to be like? What's college going to be like? Our minds are sometimes filled with useless musings like Didi's and Gogo's conversation about vegetables, but sometimes they go to overwhelming, scary concepts like their thoughts of suicide. I guess waiting is a chance for us to slow down, get away from the business of life, and contemplate some ideas larger than us.
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