The Purpose Of Friendship In Waiting For Godot By Samuel Beckett

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Friends, how many of us have them? The famous sound by the great Whodini, a song that makes you question your best friend, with lines like how many of us have them and the ones we can depend on? Our friends can sometimes represent who we are and what we stand for, so it’s very important to choose them wisely. I will be examine Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett, to determine if Didi or Gogo shared a friendship. Waiting for Godot, Didi and Gogo had sort of a confusing friendship, at times made me scratch my head a couple of times and ask; are they friends or are they not friends? What is the purpose of their relationship? How did they come to know each other? To have a friend you must be able to reciprocate that relationship in order to get the benefits of the relationship often times this was demonstrated between the two. So lets defined a friend? Is a friend someone you fight with and make up with? Someone who tells you …show more content…
Having moments of ups and moments of downs never leaving each others side. In life you have those people that you bond with, that you share your thoughts with and give advice. When you have relationships with other human, it’s important to feel that connection, to be able to be their for that friend and sticking around when things go bad will allow for a stronger bond. Again, in Act 1 Didi and Gogo do a great job with feeding off each other while examining Lucky, and after the kick to Gogo 's in the leg, the concern Didi showed to Gogo after the kick. The care and concern for someone you care about is one way to prove loyalty. Didi an Gogo shared such a personal relationship the two men had a relationship with very minute meaning as demonstrated in the Acts. It seemed to me that they have known each other for sometime. They both seem to know the same song, a certain level of their relationship wasn 't crossed or put on the

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