Mister . . . (Vladimir turns.) Mister Albert . . . 

VLADIMIR:

              Off we go again. (Pause.) Do you not recognize me?

"Off we go again” is said by Vladmir to himself. This quote plays with the idea of the extravert - intravert duality and the struggle between what deserves more focus, our inner realities and ideas of the truth or our outer realities.

    Where shall we go? 

VLADIMIR:

    Not far. 

ESTRAGON:

    Oh yes, let's go far away from here. 

VLADIMIR:

    We can't. 

ESTRAGON:

    Why not? 

VLADIMIR:

    We have to come back tomorrow. 

ESTRAGON:

    What for? 

VLADIMIR:

    To wait for Godot.

Here we see the Jungian idea of the Shadow, the repressed part of the conscious self. We can assume that Vladimir and Estragon are two sides of one consciousness that we all have. Vladimir is the side that grounds itself in reality and is loyal to the responsibilities of the physical world and Estragon is the side that wants to escape and live in pleasure (the Shadow).

          Let's go.

              VLADIMIR: 

              We can't.

              ESTRAGON: 

              Why not?

              VLADIMIR: 

              We're waiting for Godot.

                    Given the existence as uttered forth in the public works of Puncher and Wattmann of a personal God quaquaquaqua with white beard quaquaquaqua outside time without extension who from the heights of divine apathia divine athambia divine aphasia loves us dearly with some exceptions for reasons unknown but time will tell and suffers like the divine Miranda with those who for reasons unknown but time will tell are plunged in torment plunged in fire whose fire flames if that continues and who can doubt it will fire the firmament that is to say blast hell to heaven so blue still and calm so calm with a calm which even though intermittent is better than nothing but not so fast and considering what is more that as a result of the labors left unfinished crowned by the Acacacacademy of Anthropopopometry of Essy-in-Possy of Testew and Cunard it is established beyond all doubt all other doubt than that which clings to the labors of men that as a result of the labors unfinished of Testew and Cunnard it is established as hereinafter but not so fast for reasons unknown that as a result of the public works of Puncher and Wattmann it is established beyond all doubt that in view of the labors of Fartov and Belcher left unfinished for reasons unknown of Testew and Cunard left unfinished it is established what many deny that man in Possy of Testew and Cunard . . .

Lucky's speech where he "thinks" for Vladimir and Estragon's entertainment really establishes him as having a Shadow archetype. The Shadow is seen as our unconscious side, and Lucky's "thinking" on command shows all of his repressed thoughts and feelings that he is forced to release.

ESTRAGON: 

              What about hanging ourselves?

              VLADIMIR: 

              Hmm. It'd give us an erection.

              ESTRAGON: 

              (highly excited). An erection!

              VLADIMIR: 

              With all that follows. Where it falls mandrakes grow. That's why they shriek when you pull them up. Did you not know that?

              ESTRAGON: 

              Let's hang ourselves immediately!

Death is a recurring theme in Waiting for Godot, especially when looking through a Jungian lens. Death is the only certainty in life, and life is really just pointless so it doesn't matter when you die.

  ESTRAGON: 

              (restored to the horror of his situation). I was asleep! (Despairingly.) Why will you never let me sleep?

              VLADIMIR: 

              I felt lonely.

              ESTRAGON: 

              I had a dream.

              VLADIMIR: 

              Don't tell me!

              ESTRAGON: 

              I dreamt that—

              VLADIMIR: 

              DON'T TELL ME!

Vladimir doesn’t want Estragon to explain his dream because he feels as if he is keeping them sane and does not want to be bothered with his friend’s thoughts, as it would make him think differently about their situation and lose hope that Godot would come.

 VLADIMIR:

              Look at the tree. 

          ESTRAGON:

              It's never the same pus from one second to the next. 

          VLADIMIR:

              The tree, look at the tree. 

              Estragon looks at the tree. 

          ESTRAGON:

              Was it not there yesterday? 

          VLADIMIR:

              Yes of course it was there. Do you not remember? We nearly hanged ourselves from it. But you wouldn't. Do you not remember? 

          ESTRAGON:

              You dreamt it. 

In this scenario Vladimir points out how the tree changes from the previous day. He points this out because he thinks that with the production of a few leaves, along with the dream, the chances of Godot coming increases in their minds. Also, they cling to the tree metaphorically as keeping them from thinking they are there doing the same exact thing two days in a row with no difference in the outcome, but instead, thrive on the change produced by the tree.