A Study of Existentialism in Samuel Beckett’s Endgame

Abstract

Endgame is one of the masterpieces of Samuel Beckett, which embodies the philosophical thinking of life and presents a hopeless and absurd picture of the world. After Waiting for Godot, Endgame is Beckett's more comprehensive and thorough negative portrayal of the western reality and life after the war. It is also a reflection of the western spiritual crisis and survival crisis after the war, showing the complete disillusionment. Studies have been conducted to illustrate this work from the perspectives of spatial analysis, modernist drama, and Beckett's poetics. This paper attempts to interpret this work from the perspective of existentialism.