Waiting For Godot Analysis Essay

On November 12th, 2016, Clayton State University produced a two hour play titled Waiting for Godot in the Clayton State Theater located in the Arts and Sciences building, room G132. Waiting for Godot is a play by Samuel Beckett, in which two characters, known as Estragon and Vladimir, wait for the arrival of someone named Godot who never arrives. The play was live five times at the Clayton State University. Each time the show was live it made a connection with the Black Lives Matter movement, in other words, waiting for justice to prevail. The diverse fundamentals of the play helped me understand what was going on in the play, but in some ways I was not quite sure what was going on. The lights in this play was very effective and gave me a good
The room was not so dark there was a light shining with different patterns in it. The actors could also be seen in this light. As Estragon and Vladimir talks in the background you can hear sounds, sounding like a strong swift of wind blowing, indicating the setting, and letting the audience know that it will be cold. The lighting played a major part in specifying when it was night or day. In the second half of the play the lighting played a part by becoming brighter and focusing on one actor as she stood up on the box and spoke to the audience. When she was finished talking to the audience she snapped her fingers and stepped down with the light focusing directly on her it made me feel as if the words she was saying was only for us “the audience” to hear. In whole the light and sound was beneficial for the
No other play can make you think as hard like this play. The play was well put together from the scenery, actors, lighting, and sound. Being part of the audience we was not expecting to laugh as much as we did. Throughout the beginning of the play many people wondered how it connected with the Black Lives Matter, but as the play came to an end the spectators were able to put the pieces together. The audience was able to get the message from the play that justice will never prevail, just as Godot never comes and they have to do it all over the next day. Overall the play connected at the end and made sense, the audience had to make their own connection for them to understand. It was a great way to keep the audience mind open and