Through exaggeration, Beckett wants to emphasize that in the play there is absolutely no progress as time passes. Subsequently, Vladimir and Estragon remain the same throughout the play. The reader only knows that time passed because the tree acquired four or five leaves between the two acts.
In this type of life, represented in the play, time becomes meaningless, and past, present and future become equivalent. As an existentialist, Beckett wants to show that humans spend their lives waiting and trying to find a purpose. The disquietude, or loss of peace of mind and security, is created in the reader by analyzing key aspects of human life in an absurd and exaggerated way. Finally, the reader can get pleasure from the characters after they decide that they will not make the same mistake that they did by not This can be a source of pleasure as it makes the reader ponder and get insight without creating insecurity or discomfort. The two protagonists represent a human being divided in two Vladimir represents the mind while Estragon represents the body. The author decided to give symbols to the characters. In another level, another source of enjoyment is the theme, setting, and the literary style used by Beckett.
In addition, it is funny when the characters look at their hats as a source of ideas and inspiration, in the same way a vast majority of humans look for a superior being to feed those necessities. Lucky’s dance and speech are also absurd, and create enjoyment. For example, in the First Act, Estragon’s boots don’t fit him however the same boots fit him perfectly in the Second Act.
The tramps waste their time walking to nowhere, gazing, and having pointless conversations that lead to nowhere, just to pass the time faster. The absurdities of two tramps, Vladimir and Estragon, make the reader feel superior to them, and therefore feel joy. , a tragicomedy in two acts, produces a sense of pleasure in the reader. By examining their lives, Beckett creates in the reader both pleasure and a sense of loss of both security and peace of mind. , a play belonging to the Theatre of the Absurd, human behavior and thinking are criticized by examining the lives of two tramps that spend their existence waiting for someone, an individual named Godot, who will never come.
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