Samuel Beckett is a master of the Theatre of Absurd.His plays,such as Waiting for Godot(1954)and Endgame(1958),project the irrationalism,helplessness,and absurdity of life in dramatic forms that reject realistic setti...Samuel Beckett is a master of the Theatre of Absurd.His plays,such as Waiting for Godot(1954)and Endgame(1958),project the irrationalism,helplessness,and absurdity of life in dramatic forms that reject realistic settings,logical reasoning,or a co-herently evolving plot.This thesis intends to interpret Endgame from the perspective of its themes and to help readers gain a betterunderstanding of the major issues confronted by a modern man in life.展开更多
Samuel Beckett’s Endgame serves a story of four incomplete characters and their tedious talks over a long time. In the historical environment of cold war, the incompleteness of those men coincidentally reflects the t...Samuel Beckett’s Endgame serves a story of four incomplete characters and their tedious talks over a long time. In the historical environment of cold war, the incompleteness of those men coincidentally reflects the trauma left during that period. Beckett has set an order-and-action relationship, rounding up the two characters- Hamm and Clov. Tedious talks of four heroes are like the wars, once ended by people's emptiness and exhaustion, will come back again for another ridiculous purpose.展开更多
Beckett, as one of the most significant absurd dramatist, believes that life was absurd, beyond human rationality, meaningless, with its conception of circularity and non-meaning. In this essay, the author will analyz...Beckett, as one of the most significant absurd dramatist, believes that life was absurd, beyond human rationality, meaningless, with its conception of circularity and non-meaning. In this essay, the author will analyze the absurdity in Beckett's famous play Endgame through the detailed analysis of the absurd form and motifs. The absurd form is reflected as following: first, there is just situation without usual dramatic plot; second, there is no detailed description of the characters; third, the setting is bleak and little, and the absurd motifs include: the absurd relationship of the human; the deep feeling of nihilism; and the absurd living state of human.展开更多
In his second play Endgame,Samuel Beckett expresses his serious thought and ultimate concern over the living state of humans by creating some physically and psychologically disabled characters.Through analyzing the th...In his second play Endgame,Samuel Beckett expresses his serious thought and ultimate concern over the living state of humans by creating some physically and psychologically disabled characters.Through analyzing the their living state,the playwright’s purpose of prompting human beings’reflection on their own living state can be interpreted by the audiences.展开更多
Endgame is one of the masterpieces of Samuel Beckett.By displaying the absurd life of Hamm and Clov,Beckett drives home the tragedy brought about by slavish life resulting from the deprivation of individual independen...Endgame is one of the masterpieces of Samuel Beckett.By displaying the absurd life of Hamm and Clov,Beckett drives home the tragedy brought about by slavish life resulting from the deprivation of individual independence.By means of textual analysis,this paper is to illustrate how this theme is presented in the play.展开更多
文摘Samuel Beckett is a master of the Theatre of Absurd.His plays,such as Waiting for Godot(1954)and Endgame(1958),project the irrationalism,helplessness,and absurdity of life in dramatic forms that reject realistic settings,logical reasoning,or a co-herently evolving plot.This thesis intends to interpret Endgame from the perspective of its themes and to help readers gain a betterunderstanding of the major issues confronted by a modern man in life.
文摘Samuel Beckett’s Endgame serves a story of four incomplete characters and their tedious talks over a long time. In the historical environment of cold war, the incompleteness of those men coincidentally reflects the trauma left during that period. Beckett has set an order-and-action relationship, rounding up the two characters- Hamm and Clov. Tedious talks of four heroes are like the wars, once ended by people's emptiness and exhaustion, will come back again for another ridiculous purpose.
文摘Beckett, as one of the most significant absurd dramatist, believes that life was absurd, beyond human rationality, meaningless, with its conception of circularity and non-meaning. In this essay, the author will analyze the absurdity in Beckett's famous play Endgame through the detailed analysis of the absurd form and motifs. The absurd form is reflected as following: first, there is just situation without usual dramatic plot; second, there is no detailed description of the characters; third, the setting is bleak and little, and the absurd motifs include: the absurd relationship of the human; the deep feeling of nihilism; and the absurd living state of human.
文摘In his second play Endgame,Samuel Beckett expresses his serious thought and ultimate concern over the living state of humans by creating some physically and psychologically disabled characters.Through analyzing the their living state,the playwright’s purpose of prompting human beings’reflection on their own living state can be interpreted by the audiences.
文摘Endgame is one of the masterpieces of Samuel Beckett.By displaying the absurd life of Hamm and Clov,Beckett drives home the tragedy brought about by slavish life resulting from the deprivation of individual independence.By means of textual analysis,this paper is to illustrate how this theme is presented in the play.
