"Let's Go." "We Can't." "Why Not?" "We're Waiting for Godot"

Estragon: Let's go.

Vladimir: We can't.

Estragon: Why not?

Vladimir: We're waiting for Godot.

This play can have many different meanings, but in my opinion it shows the true meaning of human life.  In both Act 1 and Act 2, the two main characters wait for Godot.  Is he God? Is he a prophet? While reading the play and discussing it in class, I came to realize that maybe he is a form of God.  Many bible references are made.  One example is the story of Cane and Abel.    Vladimir and Estragon are waiting for this god-like character to come and save them.  Isn't that what we are waiting for?  Many people in the world believe that there is some type of God.  He is our savior.

In Act 2 there are many things that describe how hopeless Vladimir and Estragon are.  Their dialogue helps, but so do some specific words.  One of the many examples is:

"Vladimir: Where are all these corpses from?"
" Estragon: These skeletons." (page 71)

Corpse: (n.) A dead body, especially the dead body of a human

Skeleton: (n.) The internal structure composed of bone and cartilage that protects and supports the soft organs, tissues, and other parts of a vertebrate organism; endoskeleton.

Both of these words describe something dead. Something that is just there.  Both of these characters' lives are basically that.  They go and stay in the same place day after day just to wait for Godot.  He never comes.  Although another character in the play gave them the bones, they have meaning.  Just like the bones, Estragon and Vladimir just sit there doing nothing.  They may as well just be two corpses or two skeletons waiting for Godot.