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Research article · Volume 7, Issue 4 · 2021

Sense of Absurdity: Existentialism, a Desperate Loss of Identity With Special Reference to Samuel Beckett’S Selected Work (Waiting for Godot and Endgame)

Tehreem Shabbir, Abdul Ghafoor Awan

2021 Pages 719–756 Open access PDF

Abstract

The objective of this research paper is to analyze Samuel Beckett's two plays "Waiting for Godot" and "Endgame". Main themes of the novels included in this analyses are: Absurdity, hopelessness, existentialism, repetition, comedy, destruction, agony, obscurity, nothingness, freedom and uncertainty. The findings of the study show that Backett's two plays reflect the environment prevailed in the Europe after World War-II when destruction, despair, isolation and hopelessness were gripped the whole Europe. Backett portrays man as cynical, comfortless and incapable to understand the universe.

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Tehreem Shabbir, Abdul Ghafoor Awan (2021). Sense of Absurdity: Existentialism, a Desperate Loss of Identity With Special Reference to Samuel Beckett’S Selected Work (Waiting for Godot and Endgame). Global Journal of Management, Social Sciences and Humanities, 7(4), 719-756. https://gjmsweb.com/article/sense-of-absurdity-existentialism-a-desperate-loss-of-identity-with-special-refe-7814a9c.html

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