Study Guide to Waiting for Godot Endgame and Other Works by Samuel Beckett

A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation essay and test prep for selected works by Samuel Beckett Nobel Prize Winner for Literature in 1969. Titles in this study guide include All That Fall Endgame Krapp's Last Tape Molloy Malone Dies The Unnamable and Waiting for Godot. As an unconventional but modernist author of the war-ravaged twentieth-century Beckett focused on essential elements of the human condition in dark humorous ways. Moreover Beckett was often associated with the Theatre of the Absurd where his work displayed conventional plot and structure and utilized laughter as a prominent tool against despair. This Bright Notes Study Guide explores the context and history of Beckett's classic work helping students to thoroughly explore the reasons they have stood the literary test of time. Each Bright Notes Study Guide contains:- Introductions to the Author and the Work- Character Summaries- Plot Guides- Section and Chapter Overviews- Test Essay and Study Q&AsThe Bright Notes Study Guide series offers an in-depth tour of more than 275 classic works of literature exploring characters critical commentary historical background plots and themes. This set of study guides encourages readers to dig deeper in their understanding by including essay questions and answers as well as topics for further research.