Vladimir - Group Three

I'm going to start by saying that this play was annoying to read. No one seems to remember anything, everything is cyclical, and nothing is ever accomplished. It drove me crazy. The whole thing was absurd (eh, see what I did there?). However, that aside, upon reflecting back, I couldn't help but imagine this taking place in the depth of a persons own mind. The conversation, dialogue and events, seem to me, to mimic the way a person would think if they were alone on one's own thoughts (It's much how I think sometimes; in cycles). I know I brought this idea up in class, but as I have finished reading the whole play, there is another point I would like to bring up. From my interpretation, it would seem that Vladimir is the only character able to remember events that occur during the play, which means he is the only one who attempts to have a frame of reference. One example of this is where on the second day, when Pozzo and Luck return, it is only Vladimir that remembers that they had come the day before. On page 1388 Vladimir asks "And Pozzo and Lucky, have you forgotten them too?" Estragon replies "Pozzo and Lucky?" (Beckett 1388). Here Estragon doesn't seem to recall Pozo or Lucky being there at all, it is only when Vladimir reminds him of his shin that he remembers being kicked, but to him it could have been anybody; "a lunatic that kicked the shins off [him]." The point I'm pulling from this is that Vladimir seems to be the center of logic and meaning in the play, almost as if he is the main character. If we are to say that this play is the thoughts of some ones mind, I would argue that Vladimir plays that main moral and concious entity of that person, and the other characters are simply different emotions of that person. Estragon would represent the apathetic side of the mind. For as Estrogon is always mopey, never has an reason todo anything and always wants to leave. This seems to mimic they way a person would think when they don't find any purpose or significance in anything their doing and they just want to give up. However, just as our conscience and logical side reminds us of what we need to do, Vladimir reminds Estragon why they have decided to stay in the fist place and to stay more positive. An example of this is on page 1393 where Vladimir sugesst that Estragon put on the boots on left in place of his own. VLADIMIR What about trying them? ESTRAGON Iv'e tried everything V. no, I mean the boots E. Would they be Good? V. It'd pass the time, i assure you it'd be an ccupation E. A relaxation V. A recreation E. A relaxation V. Try E. Will you help me? V. I will of course. This course seesm to be the back and fourth logic of a single person. Where Estragon is apathetic and timid just like a persons timid attidude about doing things, while Validimir is the logic that tells us to "just do it, what will it hurt?". For the other characters, Pozzo, Lucky and the Boy, I'm not certain what I emotion I would label them as. A thought i had is that they could possibly be interjections from other people outside of the persons mind. This is because these other characters come and go randomly where as Vladimir and Estragon are always present on stage in each act. It might not be what Beckett was actually trying to do, but it's how the how I imagined the setting to be as a read through the play. Questions: Is there a main character? Why does Vladimir they only one who remembers the events that happen in the play. he seems to be the smartest, but is he?