Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett
Samuel Beckett was born in Ireland in 1906. His family was both relatively well to do and fairly eccentric. Athletic and imposing,Beckett was also awkward and socially maladjusted. This all comes to play in "Endgame" where we see the twisted remains of two couples, interacting with a brutal vocabulary. Beckett's early life is particularly linked to the exchanges between Nagg and Hamm; ostensibly a father-son relationship that has ceased to be anything but an exchange of abuse. In an early draft of "Fin de Partie," the characters that became Hamm and Clov were clearly drawn as two French soldiers who were hiding out during the First World War. There is the suggestion that some widespread catastrophe has occurred and the "room" in which the play is set is some sort of bunker where there is refuge. Beckett fought in the First Wor
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Approximate Word count = 573
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)
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