Chaplinesque Characteristic In ' Waiting For Godot'

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Name:- Hitaxi H Bhatt.Roll No:- 03.Semester :- 03.Paper No:- 09 ( The Modernist Literature.)Topic:- Chaplinesque Characteristic In ‘Waiting For Godot.’Submitted To:- Maharja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University.

What is the meaning of Chaplinesque?

Resembling or characteristic of the humour or style of the film

actor and director Charlie

Chaplin. ( Oxford Dictionary)

Pozzo: I am Pozzo! Pozzo! Does that name mean nothing to you? (Act 1) Estragon: We are all born mad. Some remain so. (Act -2)

VLADIMIR: -But you say we were here yesterday

ESTRAGON: - I may be mistaken. (Pause.) Let's stop talking for a minute, do you mind? ( Act -1)

ESTRAGON: -You see, you feel worse when I'm with you. I feel better alone too.

VLADIMIR: -(vexed). Then why do you always come crawling back?

ESTRAGON: -I don't know. (Act-2)

ESTRAGON: Let's hang ourselves immediately!

VLADIMIR: From a bough? (They go towards the tree.) I wouldn't trust it.

ESTRAGON: We can always try. VLADIMIR: Go ahead. ESTRAGON: After you. VLADIMIR: No ,no, you first.(Act-

1 )

ESTRAGON: We've lost our rights? VLADIMIR: We got rid of them.

Silence. They remain motionless, arms dangling, heads sunk, sagging at the knees. – (Act-1)

ESTRAGON: That's enough. I'm tired.

- ( Act-2)

ESTRAGON: Let’s Go,

VLADIMIR: We can't.

ESTRAGON: Why not?

VLADIMIR: We're waiting for Godot.

-(Act- 1,2)

ESTRAGON: Who believes him?

VLADIMIR: Everybody. It's the only version they know.

ESTRAGON: People

are bloody ignorant apes.

-(Act- 1)

Thank You.