Waiting for Godot...my philosophy

[bevnae]

Succinct and spot on analysis. This 2 minutes of interpretation speaks a lot about your character!

[Mochito88]

Very well put young man. -- I wish I could talk like you. (pause) Maybe I will, ...I don't know. Oh, I think I will, really really will. -- But it seems that maybe I can't, or won't be able to. (pause) "Why, you ask?" -- Because I'm Waiting for Godot.

[PRiNCESSJ0CELYNE]

omg you helped me out soo much <3 thanks

[cjnavaneet]

I like you 

[jamesnxlivelife]

@cjnavaneet Well... thank you.

[cjnavaneet]

@jamesnxlivelife I actually liked you more before I saw your 'Panda ***' Video. Well, You know, Speaking Philosophy and College Humor doesn't exactly go together.

[jamesnxlivelife]

@cjnavaneet OIC... just throwing out some fun in the middle of it all.

[countfudgekula]

Yes. This man IS pronouncing it wrong. GOD-ot not G'doh.

[Phil6590]

@countfudgekula it is pronounced G'doh, you moron

[countfudgekula]

@Phil6590 Actually it is GOD-o. the only place that seems to think the emphasis is on the 'dot' part is america for some reason. Beckett himself said the emphasis should be on the first syllable, and that the american pronunciation is a mistake. but hey, maybe Samuel Beckett and the whole of, England, Ireland, Germany and France (with Godot being a french name and everthing) are wrong and you are right. Maybe. Just maybe.

[AriesTatiGrrrl]

i think you've got a very optimistic view on this.

[amanuelamanuel]

Im happy you didn't say that godot represented god. samuel himself has said that if he wanted godot to be god he would just have written god instead of godot.

overall and interesting book/play imo

[TaskMaster619]

that IS pronounced wrong... I know you're american (i think) but Beckett said it was go-do

[amandareucser]

i think everyone has got it wrong in the end, except samuel beckett himself, suppose everyones accent will alter the pronounciation. beside thats not really the important part now is it.

[amanuelamanuel]

yes, emphasis on the first "o"

[problemchimp2]

well said my friend. thank you.

[sarahgdc]

Well said, i loved the way you put words together to explained it. Totally agree with you.

[amandareucser]

actually he is pronoucing it right, i have read this play and i love it. there is so much you can talk about. Just let you know that i agree with you, godot is not god as samuel beckett explained after it was first staged. And samuel beckett tortures the audience just as he tortures his characters, he simply denies the characters relief and also denies the audience relief because he does not follow the expected flow of a normal play with the climax and what not.

[JosephErnestHarper]

Nah bro. He's pronouncing it wrong. The emphasis should be on the first syllable.

[odpunk23]

ur pronouncing it wrong.

[ElChul3Ro]

I think it is a depressing play but it is true but it is very hard to pay attention to the now and enjoy it as much as it should be enjoyed because your focus is on the future so it is a hard thing to appreciate life day by day but if u can than you will be a happier person

[JosephErnestHarper]

Disagree about the depressing bit. Sure Estragon and Vladimir are in an incredibly frustrating and ultimately disappointing situation in from which it is difficult to derive meaning. But I found that, in spite of being faced with complete an almost totally downward nihilism, the fact that they continue to wait for Godot day after day to be incredibly hopeful, and surely the very definition of optimism.

[sooperfly15]

well said =]

[Mitani4]

You have nice teeth

[brainjesus]

simple, yet fitting.

[IanishIan]

Best explanation for it I've ever heard.

[omni321]

Very nice explanation! Keep up the great work!!!

[iiimtf44]

hey man life is all about wasytting on our craves, either being a gainer or a one who loose

[katemtg]

its pronounced GO-dot, stress on the "go" just for future reference!:D

[Honeymilkgreentea]

he pronounced it right.. it is "gah-doh"

[katemtg]

no he didn't, I'm studying it in a university where beckett used to lecture, stress is on the "go" (pronounced like in the word god)unless its just the way people say it in America, different accents and all that!:)

[zunit4321]

It was intended as gah-dough

[CptPorkPie]

Yes, you are right. Beckett was quoted as saying that the stress should be on the first syllable and that the 't' is silent, due to it being an interpretation of the original French.

[katemtg]

finally, thank you!lol

[plathhs]

Great interpretation!

[Itslikebooomheadshot]

That's a good philosophy, It's whatever you make it. Godot actually means "Nothing", from the french word for nothing that is.

The play was originally written in french.

They are waiting for nothing?

It's whatever you make of it.

[nighsarah]

Good review! It is obvious that you know a lot about the subject. I am just about to start reading/studying this play. I studied the shit out of Endgame last year and LOVED it, so I'm looking forward to starting this. Apparently they're quite similar. I just opened the first page to see the opening line is "Nothing to be done." which is quite similar to the opening line of Endgame "It's finished." You can't trust Beckett as far as you can kick him. The only philosophy is your own.

[jackonmsn]

hey bud im glad to see wfg is outside ireland too.......its not god he said himself if it was god id have written god ......he also said its about post ww2 life ....hence deppression and monotony

[karaswirl]

i agree with you. that's a really good interpretation.

[vladislav0202]

I've read it the book in my acing class before.. I agree with you... but I also think that the plot ans the story has to do more with existentialism than anything else. we had a big discussion on it right after we read it.

[jamesnxlivelife]

i wrote a paper about waiting for godot and existentialism. totally agree with you on this too. Actually made this video after we had our discussion in class about the play. Never really appreciated it until then.

[vladislav0202]

wow.. I hope you're not serious.. speaking of which, go check out the 'naked truth' watch 2 episodes of it and tell me what you think.. (here on youtube).

[TableKnives]

that is correct my friend :)

[ray2thamond]

o.....kaye.....

[kkhihi]

cool

[mauigurl710]

no, actually i was thinkin...ok so wen's he gonna start singin? hehe.

[legendy2j]

lol that is not funny. maybe you should actually read this book. this book is one of the greatest. it matches up to Catcher in the Rye, Sound and the Fury, Catch-22, Seize the Day, Stranger.

btw good review man