Waiting for Godot Religion Quotes Page 1
Citations follow this format: (Act.Line). Every time a character talks counts as one line, even if what they say turns into a long monologue.
| Quote #1 VLADIMIR |
Actually, Vladimir, the line is, "Hope deferred makes the heart sick; but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life," and it’s a Biblical proverb. If Dido and Gogo’s hope is for Godot to show up, then this is a hope perpetually deferred since, as we know, Godot never comes. As for the tree of life, there is a tree on stage when Vladimir utters his line, but it’s not so much a tree of life as it is dead, shrub-looking thing. So what should we make of that?
| Quote #2 VLADIMIR |
The heavenly image that Estragon presents here only heightens the dismal nature of his current situation.
| Quote #3 VLADIMIR |
Vladimir’s story is practically begging us to equate him and Estragon with the two thieves. In the Biblical tale, the two thieves are saved from Hell. But what are Estragon and Vladimir hoping to be saved from? (Note that, later in the play, Estragon declares that he is in Hell.)
