December 2

AGENDA:

1) Vocabulary quiz
2) Read Act 2 - look for similarities and differences from Act 1/exits and entrances / shifts -
Discuss in groups:

1) How has the scene changed?
2) As with Act 1, this act opens at evening time. How important is this detail? Would the scene feel different it it were morning? What's the difference?
3) How does Estragon respond to the signs of spring? How does he see them?
4) Define the differences between the character Vladimir and Estragon.
5) Why do they stay together and talk so much, according to Estragon?
6) To what do Vladimir and Estragon refer when they discuss the dead voices? How much do we know?
7) Why does Vladimir suddenly start talking to Estragon as Pozzo does to Lucky?
8) Estragon says that they always find something to give them the impression that they exist. Why do they need to do so?
9) When they believe Godot has arrived, Vladimir believes that they are saved. From what, do you think? And how does he view the power of Godot?



Act 2 beginning Waiting for Godot