Waiting for Godot

Was the most amazing experience.

we got 11 pounds tickets that were in the first row. Other than the neckache I got from looking up, I can't begin to describe the emotions I was undergoing throughout the play. I would be laughing from one comic moment, then in awe of the actors' skills, and in disbelief that I'm actually 1m away from Ian Mckellen who I have so often seen on stage. Not to mention the photo above which we took with him after waiting backstage for like 10minutes.

The way I interpret it(annabelle correct me if I'm wrong) is that Waiting for Godot is Beckett's expression of the lack of purpose in life perhaps. Though beckett in his letters stated that he has no clue who Godot is, the play on his name and the constant reference to his ability to save the characters seem to point us to that direction.

Beckett presents a rather cynical view on the world. Aimless waiting, lack of purpose. The silence in the play is often presented as unsettling, disconcerting, replaced with the need to start a conversation.

Estragon and Vladimr seem to represent every man, and the relentless pressure of life on each one of us that leads to nothing. "YOU SAW ME!" Vladimr shouts to the messenger boy in the second half of the play seem to suggest the desperation that man feels for a God who doesnt seem to come. The fact that only Vladimr remembers the events of the day before, and unable to control the things happening around him seem to suggest the insignificance of man.

Unable to dictate situations, they are bound to wait in anticipation of a person who never seems to show up.

Okay that was rather brief. at 2am in the morning my lit glands tend to be rather skimpy. Having not seen the script, I doubt I'll be able to give anything more substantial. I'm just restating what was going on through my mind during the play. Alot was running through my mind. But its too late to try and write them down. I sometimes feel I have the memory of Estragon. heee.

Its interesting that we were doing the idea of Lutheran and Calvinism in Renaissance Lit today, and the play I watched in the night suggests the lost in the faith of a God. I can't begin to describe how much I disagree with Beckett on that one. My God is never one to leave me in anticipation of a promise that will not be fulfilled. My God knows His promises to me. (:

We can say that well, Beckett(ignoring the fact that he doesnt mean godot to be God) only wrote 2 days of the play. Though we are inclined to respond to the insincerity of this Godot who never shows us, the time of the play is only 2 days. God makes us wait sometimes. Since the play never continues, we never come to a conclusion if the 2 characters meet Godot, or hang themselves on the tree.

And about Calvinism, well, I don't believe in the idea of the "elect". God gave each of us free will to choose if we want to receive Christ and be saved. Anyone who does so have a place in heaven if we choose to keep it. We don't have to resort to Good Works to figure out if we have a pre-determined place in Heaven. Therefore, I doubt I can say that Faustus has been pre-determined to hell/heaven. He wilfully CHOSE to defy God and sell his soul to the devil.

anw, I should stop this right now cause i'll need my brain cells tomorrow to read my medieval Lyrics. Praise God that the passion for Literature is increasing. (: Thank you Jesus.