Samuel Beckett describes the world as empty and dark in his play, Endgame. We are in a way alienated from the world because we can’t fit in. There is no meaning to life as people do not know themselves and their nature. They suffer for no reason but at the same time there is no “cure” for this pain. However, being with someone helps minimize that pain. In the play, Clov and Hamm doesn’t have a happy relationship with one another but they still end up being together. Hamm provides Clov food and shelter whereas Clov is like the legs and eyes for Hamm. On page 769, Hamm asks Clov why does he stay with him and Clov asks him back why do you keep me. Hamm then replies that there’s no one else and Clov similarly answers that there’s no one else. It seems that in this lonely world, these two people are only together not because they want to but because they have no choice. This seems sad because it emphasizes how lonely people are which could be the result from the loss of meaning of the world. This goes along with nihilism, which is the rejection of moral principles, often believing that life is meaningless. Throughout the play, there is constant repetition which can represent the repetition that exists in everyday life. That being said, there is no meaning behind it. There is nothing people could do except wait for death. There are consistent pauses and yawns in the play and a particular part that we found in class was when Hamm yawns in the middle of the word “absolute” (768). With this, it seems to illustrate that there is a break from the absolute. Hamm yawning can also suggest the idea of boredom or that he doesn’t find any meaning to it. This goes along with the nihilistic tone because it rejects the idea of moral principles, in this case there’s the rejection of absolutism. Beckett seems to have written this way in trying to construct meaning. Using language, it tries to collect the fragments into developing this story.