Endgame- chess term/also "the end"

Samuel Beckett- theater of absurd- explore meaninglessness of live- why are you alive?, what is the purpose?
Influence- witnessed a lot of death,  family members died
setting- concrete bunker- takes place after world disaster- post-apocalyptic
Characters;
Hamm- blind, cannot walk
Clov-adopted son, also servant
Hamms parents- very old, lives in trash cans