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Vladimir and Estragon are waiting for Godot by a tree along an empty road. The previous day, the tree was completely barren. Today, there are four or five leaves on it. The men try to remember what has happened on previous days, and who they have met, and what they have said. This scene is representative of Theatre of the Absurd: it relies on repetition, non sequiturs, and pauses.
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Estragon: In the meantime let us try and converse calmly, since we are incapable of keeping silent.
Vladimir: You’re right, we’re inexhaustible.
Estragon: It’s so we won’t think.
Vladimir: We have that excuse.
[... … …]
End:
Estragon: The tree?
Vladimir: Do you not remember?
Estragon: I’m tired.
Vladimir: Look at it.
For the full extended scene, please refer to clips or the script edition cited here: Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot. Grove Press, 1954, pp. 74-79.
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