Endgame by Samuel Beckett :: essays research papers

As stated by Cohn in her article " Endgame The Gospel According to Sad Sam Beckett" there is much tell given relating to the many comparable instances between the Bible and Becketts Endgame. With this interpretation as well as the discussion about the significance of the title, and the constant reference to the obliterate of the world, it is nearly impossible to see Becketts Endgame as anything other than a post-apocalyptic tale. I found particularly interesting Cohns relation to Becketts Hamm and the Bibles Ham. Ham being the intelligence of Noah, as Cohn states, he is responsible for the survival of life. In the Bible, Ham obeys the wishes of his father, and thus God, and devoted his life to the expansion of humanity and the earths mere existence. As the Noah story tells, God, hard-pressed with the world, creates a mass flood that kills the entire worlds population, barring a male and a female of every species. This boatload of beings was to start the world anew, to tr y and exact it a better place. If Hamm is supposed to be a comparison to the Biblical Ham, could it not also be considered the Biblical Ham if things had gone wrong? Hamm, passim the story welcomes the apocalypse, curses God and is contemptuous to his own existence. If the Biblical Ham had been his contemptuous person, could God not have sent tho another apocalypse to yet again end the world and try again? Is Beckett trying to say that it took more than one try for God himself to get it right? I rise up this a much clearer reading then one of each character being part of the brain. The text supports this in many ways, most already back up by Cohn. Her evidence, however, lead me to this conclusion. Her interpretation of the resurrections also works with this theory. The world had many resurrections, all in the pursuit of a better place. Basically I consider this play an instance of "What if?" What if Ham (Biblical) had screwed up? What if Gods great plan of the flood d id not work? I also find Becketts description of the small boy, the glimmer of hope, to be an image of a savior, possibly Jesus. This savior is another attempt by God to make a perfect world. In relating this theory to that of the term "endgame" one can also determine that possible life, humanity is in a constant game with God, or some(a) higher being.