Waiting for Godot

Friendships come in many forms. Some friends are extremely close and rely on each other. And others are casual acquaintances that just say hello every time they see each other. In the play Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett, the relationships between Vladimir and Estragon and Pozzo and Lucky are similar, yet by their contrast and effect is created. Vladimir is one of the two protagonists. He retains a memory of most events. However, he …

…that he has never known Lucky to refuse a bone and hopes that he is not sick. The characters appear in pairs because the compliment each other. For what one lacks, the other makes up for. These characters need to be in these relationships because it creates one person or one as a whole. The relationships between these characters show that they heavily rely on the each other. Without each other, they would not survive.