1. If it were true that nothing or less than nothing happens in Waiting for Godot, how is it that we manage to be entertained as the audience/reader?
2. Do you think the play would function differently if the characters were all female instead of male? How?
3. If Waiting for Godot is moralistic in nature, what is the moral? How does the play instruct us to lead our lives? Are these lessons subjective and personal for each viewer, or objective and universal?
4. Take a position and explain your reasoning for EACH of the following statements:
Lucky’s position is the most enviable in Waiting for Godot since he has the security of being told what to do.
Vladimir and Estragon are slaves to their concept of Godot just as Lucky is a slave to Pozzo.
The barren setting of Waiting for Godot is proof that Vladimir and Estragon will never be able to break their cycle of inactive waiting; it negates the possibility of life or creation.
Estragon and Vladimir put the label of "waiting for Godot" on what is really just a systematic waiting for death.
