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Resonance or Meaningless? What is your opinion of Endgame?
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Resonance or Meaningless? What is your opinion of Endgame? B.Pringle 'Endgame' is the term used to describe the ending of chess match where the outcome is known before the 'check mate' move is made. Beckett recognises the parallel between endgames in chess and the final stages of life; no matter how you live your life, you will die. 'Endgame' by Samuel Beckett has been called "a despairing play about despair". Even the title alone, once analysed, gives the whole play deep resonance and meaning. There is plenty of room for argument that if you take the dialogues out of context and analyse them, they are meaningless. Even if one's interpretation of 'Endgame' is that it is meaningless, they can still enjoy it; in that respect 'Endgame' is like a piece of abstract art - it moves before it means. The fact that nothing happens in the play is irrelevant. 'Endgame' has been...
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