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VLADIMIR: Do you remember the Gospels? ESTRAGON: I remember the maps of the Holy Land. Coloured they were. Very pretty. The Dead Sea was pale blue. The very look of it made me thirsty. That39。s where we39。ll go, I used to say, that39。s where we39。ll go for our honeymoon. We39。ll swim. We39。ll be happy. VLADIMIR: You should have been a poet. Language ? Extensive use of silence and pause in the dialogue: (1) ESTRAGON: That would be too bad, really too bad. (Pause.) Wouldn39。t it, Didi, be really too bad? (Pause.) When you think of the beauty of the way. (Pause.) And the goodness of the wayfarers. (Pause. Wheedling.) Wouldn39。t it, Didi? VLADIMIR: Calm yourself. (2)VLADIMIR: (without turning). I39。ve nothing to say to you. ESTRAGON:(step forward). You39。re angry? (Silence. Step forward). Five me. (Silence. Step forward. Estragon lays his hand on Vladimir39。s shoulder.) Come, Didi. (Silence.) Give me your hand. (Vladimir half turns.) Embrace me! (Vladimir stiffens.) Don39。t be stubborn! (Vladimir softens. They embrace. Fragmented language, boring language of incoherence, language accord to mechanical repetition of action Symbol ? hat: reason? intellect? His hat symbolizes human’s brain and soul. ? boot: body? It may suggest that humans try to earn a living and struggle for their life. His boot is the media which connects he himself and the earth. It stands for body and flesh. All he focuses on is human’s basic needs such as eating and sleeping. ? tree: nature? hope for the future? ? Act I: bare tree ? Act II: with a few leaves ? name: ? Estragon: French, keep walking, Gogo ? Vladimir: Russian, keep talking, Didi Three Unities ? The unity of place: a muddy plateau with one tree, a kind of gallows which invite