The image of rituals. Endgame Cover Image

Imaginea ritualurilor. Sfârşit de partidă
The image of rituals. Endgame

Author(s): Andra Năstase
Subject(s): Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts
Published by: Universitatea de Teatru si Film »I.L. Caragiale« (UNATC)
Keywords: Beckett: ritual; the theatre of the absurd; existentialism

Summary/Abstract: In this essay I intended to analyzed the visual aspects from one of the most imagistic play written by Samuel Beckett called Endgame. Starting with the idea of a cyclic time the author uses it and therefore, everything in the play has a certain repeatability, the actions can be counted. The situations can also be interpreted in a key of a ritual - an expression of the characters routine, of the humanity left adrift. In Endgame the ending does not really exist, the end is already there.

  • Issue Year: 6/2013
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 182-186
  • Page Count: 4
  • Language: Romanian