Not excellent because the lecturer does not understand the play. He is too wrapped up in literary criticism. Fundamentally, he misses the point that the play is about waiting even though he says this is so. What he does not get is that Godot is a self reference for waiting and not about waiting for anything that gives us a complete answer which he claims early in his lecture. Samuel Beckett was something of a linguist. He is writing in a language that is foreign to him since being Irish meant English was his native language but he plays a linguistic trick on his audience which explains the play in the title. He would have been familiar with the Irish native language of Gaeilge. His characters are waiting for Godot. The Gaeilge _go deo_ (pronounced like the French Godot) means _forever._ They are waiting forever. It is an existentialist play because that is what we all do; wait until we die and find meaning for life in what we make it, not with reference to any explanation outside of us or beyond us as some kind of perfection. This is where the lecturer gets it all wrong.

@@Jean-rg4sp Except that Godot's character exists in the play (and he's not the best guy either). The little boy confirms it for us. Just in their dementia they project all their hopes on him, real deep hopes.

@@Alex134-cr3by I never gave much thought to what the boy says about Godot as it is rather mixed up and contradictory. All I can remember is that Godot punishes the boy's brother but not the boy himself. What are we to make of that? I think it is a mistake to draw conclusions on testimony requested by the actual characters who are doing the waiting. Perhaps Godot is unfair. Life is unfair and capricious. The choices we make in life can bring their own rewards or punishments.

@@Jean-rg4sp "Perhaps Godot is unfair. Life is unfair and capricious. The choices we make in life can bring their own rewards or punishments." This is not Beckett...

@@Alex134-cr3by What I wrote is more Beckett than what we got in this lecture. I should not have tried to explain the play to you in the first place. I blame myself.

Umm if you did your research, her daughter took her step father to court and won. How can you defend her knowing that her flesh and blood accused her husband of abuse. If you love your daughter you would always take her side. You are just as guilty as her. Grow up

I thought of our Ukrainian Defenders when he spoke of noble knights of pure heart. Our “Warriors of Light.” Obviously more thought will go into this idea/association, but that’s what sprung to mind. Also, “trench poetry” and Wilfred Owen.

At the onset of the 21st Century, the George W, Bush administration significantly increased military spending, withdraw from the anti-ballistic missile treaty while pursuing and funding missile defence shield systems, thus abandoning a key pillar of Post-war arms control. Bush then declares a headstrong determination to extend NATO ever eastwards prior to launching the invasion of Iraq on false evidence. US intervention in the former Yugoslavia, Iraq and Libya rode roughshod over international law. The Wolfowitz Doctrine and Project for the New American Century has led to over 20 years of interminable wars. It's killed millions, displaced about 39 million people according to data, and cost trillions of dollars. Global spending on weapons has never been higher. Fortunately BRICS is growing, a multi polar world is emerging and dedollarisation is undermining US cohersion, which primarily impacts civilians. What did Madelaine Albright say about 500.000 dead Iraqi babies due to US sanctions? It was a difficult decision but we think it was worth it.

​​@@sabeaver9677you're delusional. You sound like Himmler describing the SS. He was also delusional.

I've also never heard Godot pronounced this way.

This is serious nonsense.

You're most welcome!

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