The friendship of Didi and Gogo in Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot

Author

David Lewis Zinck

Date of Award

8-1-1994

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts (MA)

Department

Theater

First Advisor

Dr. Douglas L. Paterson

Abstract

This thesis project examines the theme of friendship in Samuel Beckett’s play, Waiting for Godot. In the introduction, background information is presented with two sources for defining the term “friendship.” Aristotle’s Nichomachean Ethics offers three different kinds of friendships, and John M. Reisman, a contemporary sociologist, transmutes Aristotle’s theories into the three kinds of friendships as well – the friendships of reciprocity, receptivity, and association.

Comments

A Thesis Presented to the Department of Dramatic Arts and the Faculty of the Graduate College University of Nebraska In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Master of Arts University of Nebraska at Omaha. Copyright 1994 David Lewis Zinck.

Recommended Citation

Zinck, David Lewis, "The friendship of Didi and Gogo in Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot" (1994). Student Work. 3151.
https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/studentwork/3151