【正文】 atment of his slave, but his protestations are ignored. Before he leaves, Pozzo asks if he can do anything for the pair in exchange for the pany they have provided during his rest. Estragon tries to ask for some money, but Vladimir cuts him short, explaining that they are not beggars. They nevertheless accept an offer to have Lucky dance and to think.Once Lucky has been revived, Pozzo has him pack up his things and they leave. At the end of the act, a boy arrives, purporting to be a messenger sent from Godot, to advise the pair that he will not be ing that evening but surely tomorrow. After the boy departs, they decide to leave but make no attempt to do so, an action repeated in Act II, as the curtain is drawn.Act IIAct II opens with Vladimir singing about a dog.Once again Estragon maintains he spent the night in a ditch and was beaten. Vladimir tries to talk to him about what appears to be a seasonal change in the tree and the proceedings of the day before, but he has only a vague recollection. Vladimir tries to get Estragon to remember Pozzo and Lucky, but all he can call to mind are the bones and getting kicked. Vladimir realizes an opportunity to produce tangible evidence of the previous day39。s events. With some difficulty he gets Estragon to show him his leg. There is a wound which is beginning to fester. Only then Vladimir notices that Estragon is not wearing any boots.Vladimir notices Lucky39。s hat, and tries it on. They play at imitating Pozzo and Lucky, but Estragon can barely remember having met them and simply does what Vladimir asks. They fire insults at each other and then make up. After that, they attempt some physical routines which do not work out well.Pozzo and Lucky arrive with Pozzo now blind and insisting that Lucky is dumb. The rope is much shorter, and Lucky – who has acquired a new hat – leads Pozzo, rather than being driven by him. Pozzo has lost all notion of time, and assures them he cannot remember meeting them the day before, and does not expect to remember the current day39。s events when they are over.Lucky and Pozzo depart. The same boy returns to inform them not to expect Godot today, but promises he will arrive the next day. The two again consider suicide but their rope, Estragon39。s belt, breaks in two when they tug on it. Estragon39。s trousers fall down, but he does not notice until Vladimir tells him to pull them up. They resolve to bring a more suitable piece and hang themselves the next day, if Godot fails to arrive.Again, they agree to leave but neither of them makes any move to go.4.. CharactersVladimir and EstragonWhen Beckett started writing he did not have a visual image of Vladimir and Estragon. They are never referred to as tramps in the text. There are no physical descriptions of either of the two characters. Throughout the play the couple refers to each other by pet names, Didi and Gogo.Pozzo and LuckyAlthough Beckett refused to be drawn on the backgrounds of the characters, this has not stopped actors looking for their own motivation. When Beckett was asked why Lucky was so named, he replied that he supposed he is lucky to have no more expectations. Little is learned about Pozzo besides the fact that he is on his way to the fair to sell his slave, Lucky. Pozzo is a character who has to overpensate. That39。s why he overdoes things. Pozzo controls Lucky by means of an extremely long rope which he jerks and tugs if Lucky is the least bit slowly. Lucky is the absolutely subservient slave of Pozzo and he unquestioningly does his every bidding with doglike devotion.The BoyThe cast list specifies only one boy.The boy in Act I, a local lad, assures Vladimir that this is the first time he has seen him. He says he was not there the previous day. He confirms he works for Mr. Godot as a goatherd. His brother, whom Godot beats, is a shepherd. Godot feeds both of them and allows them to sleep in his hayloft.The boy in Act II also assures Vladimir that it was not he who called upon them the day before. He insists that this too is his first visit. When Vladimir asks what Godot does the boy tells him that he does nothing. We also learn he has a white beard – possibly, the boy is not certain. This boy also has a brother who it seems is sick but there is no clear evidence to suggest that his brother is the boy that came in Act I or the one who came the day before that.GodotThe identity of Godot has been the subject of much debate. When Roger Blin asked him who or what Godot stood for, Beckett replied that it suggested itself to him by the slang word for boot in French, godillot, godasse because feet play such a prominent role in the play. This is the explanation he has given most often. Illogical and Meaningless DialogueBlack humor might be connected with these dialogues. The two leading roles are totally talking nonsense. Their words are meaningless and illogical:……Estragon:（giving up again） Nothing to be done.Vladimir: …… So there you are againEstragon: Am I?……Vladimir: And they didn’t beat you?Estragon: Beat me? Certainly they beat me.Vladimir: The same lot as usual?Estragon: The same? I don’t know.……These two friends are not certain about their past and their daily life. And they also have no idea what they are doing and they also know nothing about the one they are waiting: ……Estragon: …… Let’s go.Vladimir: We can’t.Estragon: Why not?Vladimir: We’re waiting for Godot.……Estragon: Don’t let’s do anything. It’s safer.Vladimir: Let’s wait and see what he says.Estragon: who?Vladimir: Godot.Estragon: good idea.……Vladimir: I’m curious to hear what he has to offer. Then we’ll take it or leave it.Estragon: What exactly did we ask for？Vladimir: Were you not there?Estragon: I can’t have been listening.Vladimir: Oh…… Nothing very definite.……Pozzo: （peremptory）. Who is Godot?Estragon: Godot?……Pozzo: Who is he?Vladimir: Oh he’s a … he’s a kind of acquaintance.Est