The troublesome themes

Hello J          

            Endgame is absurd play that does not make much senses, still there are hints that might give us some idea. After all, the purpose of theatre of the absurd is to make audience thinking.  All of us can get it in different way; there is never wrong one (usually) so each of us can have our own interpretation on the play.

How I see it:

            The plot of Endgame is kind of creepy. It’s basically about crippled people, one is blind and cannot stand and the other one cannot sit. Other two lives in rubbish bins and are probably legless.All the characters in the play are depended upon others for their existence. And all this craziness happens in one darken room. The atmosphere of the play is really gloomy and somber. Don’t forget, that it is tragic-comedy. Well the tragic is already explained, what about comedy. The characters are speaking and behaving in absurd way, which can evoke humor.

            One of the themes is isolation and loneliness. All the characters are trap in one room and also feel lonely. Take example of Nell and Nagg; they are wife and husband; they live next to each other (literally) but in two separated bins.  They cannot even touch each other due to lack of proper movement.            

Nagg: Kiss me

Nell: We can’t

Nagg: Try (Their heads strain toward each other, fail to meet, fall a part again.)  

Nell: Why this farce, day after day

            Another theme is cycle. Some dialogues are repeating over times (example: Hamm asking for painkillers). Some of characters’ actions are also repetitive. One and only female character in play Nell notes that they must do “this farce, day after day.”Another evidence of cycle is Hamm. Hamm seems to be scared of dead and he rather lives miserably for ever than die. Hamm many times claims he wants to be finished but he also admits that he hesitates to do so.

            The last theme is Death. There are three really old characters (at least they seems so) that have lifeless life. Their conversation is full of emptiness and desperate. All characters repetitiously use words like “zero, finished or nothing. Maybe, they are trap in life itself and they are waiting for the death. The idea can be also reverse, they might try to avoid dead but still show morbid behavior.

(Example: living in dustbin= rubbish is in dustbin= rubbish is not useful anymore= not useful=comes to its end= dead)

How will it finish? How? Tell me plzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Hi J

                So what is Endgame exactly about? As I previously mentioned, it is about a relationship between master (Hamm) and his servant (Clov). Their relationship is pretty weird because Hamm treats Clov like a slave. Still Clov is not leaving him, even though he plans it.

                Clov and Hamm kill their time together by conversation, the rare absurd conversation that doesn’t say much. The reader can be easily confused because they use dialogue that doesn’t make much sense. What are they talking about? Few understandable lines hinds that Clov complains and wants to leave but Hamm always persuade that he cannot. However Clov can go any time and leave because his master cannot stand and is blind. Hamm is not able hold back Clov physically, so what is the problem?

                Will Clov leave his master? He can leave any time but is he psychically able to do so? I know the end (I just finished the book:-P) and I am not telling you HAHA :-D.   
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I am gonna spill the beans :-D

                Ok, so I guess that you want to know how the play ends. I already mentioned that Absurd plays involve audience into the play by making them thinking about it. I also hind (write) how the play ends. “Will Clov leave his master? He can leave any time but is he psychically able to do so?” This is the ending of the play(really). It is up to the audience/person how the play ends. It is opened end so if you want Clov to leave, than he leaves. If you want him to stay, he will or if you want crazy end you can think of something really abstract.  

Play and Today

Hi :-)

                I hope you still know what the theatre of the absurd is about. Well basically these plays play with language (as you remember). The idea shows that there is lack of communication among the people. Why are we saying something even though no one really cares? We will die one day so why saying useless things. So that is an absurd play, the Endgame by Beckett is about confusing language. Absurd plays have no history context; still can it be relevant to these days?

It is some as in nowadays? Let’s see……..

My own meme………....

Conversation between Friends:

Have your friend ever ignored you? Have you ever realized it and stop bothering him?

Typical school lecture:

Was seeking for answers always that easy? Is asking useless thing?

Speaking with your mom:

Have your mark ever changed you into drug abuser? Well everything is possible…….


World is crazy, isn’t it? Same as Absurd plays don’t you think? 

Stage

Here is the image of the stage in Endgame. It is picture that I draw myself and how do I imagine it.

            Endgame is term in chess. This term refers to the stage of the game when only few figures remains and the end of game is near. Well, that will explain why I made the floor as a chessboard.

            The shape of the room should looks as a head/skull. It is all because the whole act happens in only one room. In my opinion, it can be symbol of the head and everything that happens there can be the mind. The windows represent the eyes (although they are on sides).

            The thing in the centre and cover in white blanket is Hamm. The other things covered with blanket (on the left side) are dustbins where Nell and Nagg sleep/live.   

Characters

Hello :-)
            Endgame, The absurd play(theatre of the absurd), is about a relationship between master and his servant/slave.

            Do you still remember Beckett’s style of writing? He uses chaotic dialogs to present the comedy but in some time underline the tragic beneath it.

There are 4 characters..........

Hamm and his servant Clov are living mutually together(Clov takes care of Hamm and Hamm allows him to eat). However, Hamm treats Clov very badly (example: Hamm use a whistle to call Clov). Still, Clov cannot leave his master, even if he wants it so much.

            Those two are arguing in very rare talks. Their conversation is really chaotic and it does not make much sense. Sometimes, Hamm´s parents interfere into the weird quarrel, just to request some food or to say something.

(Here are my own drawings of those 4 characters)

Hamm

He is blind and he is unable to stand

Clov 

 Servant/slave  of Hamm, he is unable to sit

Nagg and Nell 

Hamm's father and mother,they have no legs and live in a dustbin next to each other