Conventions

The conventions of this play revolve around the playwright's desire to reject the conventions of classic storytelling. Exposition? There is a deliberate ambiguity. The relationship between Clov and Hamm is never clearly established. We do know that Nagg and Nell are Hamm's father and mother respectively. Where are they? The word ‘shelter' is used twice in the play but the only thing that is certain is that this is a room with two windows that overlook a ‘corpsed' ‘grey' world. Beginning, middle, and end? Not in this plot. In fact, there is no clearly established plot. Many students had wonderful comments about the relationships and emotions in the play but spent most of their time focusing on their confusion. In many instance, this is because we are taught to search for 'something going on' These characters have replaced meaningful activity with memory, banter, and a kind of dreary routine that fills up an endless amount of time.

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Title: Endgame Response
Approximate Word Count: 669
Approximate Pages: 3 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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