Monday 6 May 2013

What is meant by Nell's statement "Nothing is funnier than unhappiness"?

"€˜€˜Nothing
is funnier than unhappiness. Thoughis dark, there is humor in the play. Clovs confusion over
which items to fetch first and his antics with the ladder could be directly out of a film
starring Charlie Chaplin, whom Beckett admired. Commenting on Endgame himself, Beckett identi-
fied the phrase €˜€˜nothing is funnier than unhappiness as key to the plays interpretation and
performance. "

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