Ponderings

1) Where is the play set? And furthermore, what time period is it set in?

2) I'm interested in what hats signify to Beckett. I have seen them in each of the plays that we have read and they are always there and noted. Is it a sign of masculinity? If we don't know when these plays are set, we cannot just say that it is a result of the time period or common in the area because we do not know where they are set either.

3) I also want to know more about loyalty/slavery. Why does lucky stay with pozzo even when he has opportunities to escape? We see that also in Endgame, why doesn't Clov leave Hamm when he has the ability to and he is unhappy with him? Is it just loyalty? Is it slave mentality? I s it the closest show of love that exists in these worlds?

4) How do the stage directions play a role in Godot? How do they create the absurd and grotesque that we associate with Beckett plays?

5) Forgetting is a common theme in the play and in Beckett in general. I want to know if in Godot it is a result of deterioration, because that is what i think it is. Or is it an issue of aging. This is why I would like to know what the ages of did and gogo are.

6) Where does the inspiration for the names of Beckett's characters come from?