Endgame And Eco-Critical Perspective Essay

A Discussion of Endgame in terms of Apocalyptic Ending and Eco-critical Perspective Endgame, by Samuel Beckett, is a phenomenal play that questions life, death, existence, and meaning. The fact that it was written by someone who believes life is beyond human rationality, makes it more difficult and even meaningless to analyze the play, and try to deduce from it. However, underlying its absurdity, I believe there lies a harsh reality about dying and ending. In this paper, I will discuss Endgame with regard to apocalyptic ending, and eco-critical perspective. The play takes place in a “bare interior” (1) where there are two small windows, two ashbins, an armchair at the centre, and a door. Some other props that take place in the play are a toy dog, the flea, a telescope, a picture on the wall, and an alarm clock. We also know that there is a kitchen that Clov keeps going, in which there is a rat. From several dialogues in the …show more content…
Are there still fleas? CLOV:
 On me there's one. (Scratching.)
 Unless it's a crab louse. HAMM (very perturbed):
 But humanity might start from there all over again! Catch him, for the love of God! (12) Clov kills the flea with the insecticide. Moreover, at the end of the play, when Clov sees a small boy outside, he is frightened that it might be “A potential procreator” (26). Killing the rat is another example that the characters, who are stuck in a loop that never ends, are intimidated by the thought that life may begin again.
CONCLUSION
Having written Endgame in context regarding aftermath of Second World War, Beckett reflects Existentialist thought that life is beyond human rationality. Accordingly, he describes a post apocalyptic environment in his play as it was explained with examples before. Moreover, with a Biblical reference, he uses nature as a means for condemnation to the characters. Finally, Beckett’s tragic tone acts as a tool for questioning life, death, beginnings, endings, and their