Form and structure of Beckett's Waiting for Godot
...he play. What is the time difference between the scenes? When they say tomorrow do they mean the first scene or a scene that Beckett hasn’t shown us? The lack of scenes amplifies the differences in the play and the non-acknowledgment of time. They also give the audience a feel to what they are doing. The long waits and the lack of difference in location and mood leaves viewers with the reality of Vladimir and Estragon. Therefore when there is a different scene and things have changed so radically (Pozzo’s blindness) in what is supposed to be one day, it leaves the confusion and wonder that is in the tramps’ minds also in the audiences. The actions of Beckett’s play are very precise, which is ironic as the play is so ambiguous. There is almost a stage direction on every line, and if there isn’t one gets a feel of how it should be said or acted, due to the length or language of the line. He therefore does obviously not want it changed, and is discouraging people to do to his play what he did to drama-which holds a degree of irony. I believe this is because he has a message to put across, and does not want this to be distorted. He wants the first viewer to capture their different response in the same way as the last captures theirs, by watching the same thing. The structure of the play holds many contrasts-time being one of them. But there is another with the mood of the play. For the majority of the play the mood appears to be quite tragic however there are brief lapses of humour which creep to the surface, especially when Pozzo and Lucky arrive. The play could also be played in a comic fashion depending on one’s interpretation. This contrast however is not totally individual and by no means cliché but acceptabl...