Basura shakespeariana en Fin de partida (1957)

Abstract

This paper will examine some of the Shakespearean elements that Samuel Beckett spreads throughout Endgame (1957). These could be interpreted as cultural garbage (Adorno, 2003), according to a technique that belongs to the Irish author’s own inner logic, that dismantles, re-orders and scatters fragments of philosophical and literary traditions throughout his entire body of work. We will consider, to begin with, that there is a parallel drawn between this technique and the relationship that Beckett’s characters establish with their surrounding objects. These objects are also perceived in a fragmentary way and are resignified through their reutilization. Then, we will focus on the characters of Hamm and Clov as specific recipients of these Shakespearean echoes.