In Waiting For Godot Waiting , rather than Godot is the centre point of the play . ( Essling ,.. 53 ).
The two tramps wait for a so called Godot in a barren field with nothing more to eat than a few carrots and turnips . They hope that Godot will soon arrive and solve their problems .
In the current political climate where millions of people are trying to scape war and flee their countries in search of safety I feel that this play can be seen as a trope for the wait that the refugees experience in refugee camps in and out of Europe where conditions are very poor . However it can also be metaphor for the situation of any one who finds themselves waiting for a very uncertain outcome or goal .
Waiting to write
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Craig Martin notes that the wait that individuals like refugees have to endure is a “ turbulent ” one . Unlike tourists or business people , refugees have no control on times of stillness and movement on their journey . Their travel can be at times frantic without necessary periods of rest and at times there are periods of Chronic Waiting where all they can do is pass the time . However even when they are moving from place to place they are still waiting to reach their goal , a place of safety were their basic needs and prospects of a better life will be fulfilled . ( quote ) ( S in a m w .) Refugees and other people who experience chronic waiting have lost their right to rapidity , have lost all control of the speed of their life . Their emotions will fluctuate from moments for hope and expectation , to desperation , numbness , boredom and resignation .
In Waiting for Godot , there is a moment where , Didi and Gogo , come to realise that they have lost control of their life , “ they have lost their rights ”: the edge
trying to
Estragon : [ Anxious ] And we ? Vladimir : I beg your pardon ? Estragon : I said , and we ? Vladimir : I don ’ t understand . Estragon : Where do we come in ? Vladimir : Come in ?