Waiting for Godot

Waiting for Godot

by Samuel Beckett

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Waiting for Godot: Act I, Section A-3: Summary and Analysis


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Lucky: male, looks very old and tired; has long gray hair and bulging eyes; his neck has running sores caused by the rope that is tied around it; once a great dancer and thinker, he now serves as Pozzo’s slave; carries Pozzo’s things and responds to his commands; has a temper that he uses against Estragon, and cries easily

Pozzo: gentleman landowner; bald and old; commanding presence; sadistic owner of Lucky; occasionally wears glasses, smokes a pipe

Summary
Lucky enters with a rope around his neck. He is carrying “a heavy bag, a...

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