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  1. Pozzo begins to answer the question, after much preparation involving his vaporizer spray, but gives a convoluted and contradictory response. Vladimir asks Pozzo if he wants to get rid of Lucky; Pozzo responds that he does and is taking him to the fair to sell him. Lucky begins to cry, and Pozzo hands Estragon a handkerchief to wipe away his tears.

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  2. Pozzo and Lucky enter. Pozzo drives lucky like an animal with a rope around his neck. He carries a whip to drive him along, while Lucky carries a folding stool, a bag, a picnic basket, and a coat. Pozzo whips Lucky as they pass across the stage and just as they are leaving the stage, he stops Lucky suddenly, causing him to drop all his things.

  3. Waiting for GodotPozzo. Pozzo, whom Estragon initially mistakes for Godot, is perhaps the most aggressive and antagonistic character in the play. In Act One, he wields his power by physically and verbally abusing his slave, Lucky, and by talking down to Vladimir and Estragon. Pozzo is a landowner and, in many stagings of the play, has a less ...

  4. Summary. Vladimir and Estragon run and cower when they hear a "terrible cry." Lucky arrives, loaded down with baggage and trailing a long rope, which is tied around his neck. He is followed by Pozzo, who, holding the rope and a whip, whips Lucky and jerks his rope, making him fall down. Estragon initially thinks Pozzo might be Godot, mishearing ...

  5. Any number of polarities could be used to apply to them. If Pozzo is the master (and father figure), then Lucky is the slave (or child). If Pozzo is the circus ringmaster, then Lucky is the trained or performing animal. If Pozzo is the sadist, Lucky is the masochist. Or Pozzo can be seen as the Ego and Lucky as the Id.

  6. Lucky is treated unforgivingly by Pozzo. Often depicted as an old man, Lucky is forced to carry Pozzo’s baggage, is not permitted to rest, and is connected to him by a rope (or leash). He obediently does the majority of what Pozzo wishes, and a large portion of Pozzo’s dialogue is dedicated to giving Lucky various instructions (“Stop!

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  8. Pozzo makes Lucky dance and pontificate (“Think!”) for his own amusement and for the pleasure of Vladimir and Estragon. In act 2, the relationship changes somewhat. Lucky still plays the role ...

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