Theme of Nothingness in the play Waiting for Godot.

Topic : Theme of Nothingness in the play

Waiting For Godot

Name: Solanki Binita M.

Paper No: 09

Subject: The Modernist Literature

Semester:

Roll No: 04

M.A. , 3

Submitted:Maharaja Krishankumarsingh

Bhavnagar University

Estragon Vladimir

Lucky Pozzo

A Boy

Character

ThemesMain Theme:

Sub Theme:

Hope

Nothingness

Friendship

Dependency

Choices

Suffering

Friendship Dependency

Choices

Suffering

Nothingness in the play:

Reflects less action

Important but uncertain

Hopeless destiny of human race.

Whereas in the tradition playwe see a concentrated singleaction motivates the whole play,here in the case ofWaiting for Godot everything isfuelled by the sense of ‘nothingness’.In fact, here nothing creates everything.

The setting of the play is influenced by a mode of nothingness.

Conclusion :

After the study of this play we come to know

that nothing special happens in neither the

play nor we observe any significant change

in setting. Though a change occurs but it is

only that now the tree has sprouted out four

or five leaves. "Nothing happens, nobody

comes ... nobody goes, it's awful!" The

beginning, middle and end of the play do

not rise up to the level of a good play, so

absurd.