... two tramps are continually waiting for Godot, and the only other characters we meet are Pozzo and Lucky, and a little boy from whom the tramps receive messages. Although the play is relatively static, the imagery and the physical aspects of the play somehow remain imprinted in the memory of the reader. The conversations that feature in the play are at most of the time pointless and absurd, and in my view are not the main characteristics that make the play a great one. The imagery in 'Waiting for Godot' is worth looking at and analysing, especially since it is these particular details of the imagery that one remembers most from the play. The imagery of the play's two acts changes little, though. Presented at the beginning and throughout are two apparently dirty men with crude physical ailments that they take no care to cover or cure. The scenery ...

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