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
Foucault talks a think it”( Fishe
I see myself walki
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?