“YOU’RE ON EARTH, THERE’S NO CURE FOR THAT!”: THE DYSTOPIAN FUTURE OF NATURE IN SAMUEL BECKETT’S ENDGAME

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Year-Number: 2018-27
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Number of pages: 5977-5982
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In this dystopian, chaotic future, Samuel Beckett depicts a world with barren, desolate nature, which is a warning for humans to be more careful with their attitude towards nature. Beckett displays how destructive effects this lackness of nature may produce on people with the illustration of a few characters who suffer from the pain of this desert land as well as suffering from their physical deterioration. In this world of nothingness, the characters of the play, Nagg and Nell, living in dustbin, their blind son Hamm, unable to walk, and his servant Clove spend all their time together though they are not content with this situation. The nostalgia for old nature is noticeable in happy memories of Hamm, longing for the old days with beautiful forests, gardens and the sky, which prominently manifests the significance of nature to our mental health . This paper sets out to discuss Endgame from an environmental perspective, focusing on the relationship between characters and their environment.

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