What are the basic and most fundamental parts, methods and ideals of human life and existence? Samuel Beckett's most popular works try to answer this question. Beckett's unusual and often actionless works lead the reader to "our desperate search for meaning, our individual isolation, and the gulf between our desires and the language in which they find expression" and establish Beckett as a master of literature absurd (Davis). Despite the popularity of Beckett's works, little scholarly information can be found about them. However, literary critic Martin Esslin has written a great deal of information about Beckett and his works, including the genre known as The Theater of the Absurd, into which most of Beckett's works can be classified. Esslin coined the term “Theatre of the Absurd” in his book of the same name and links The Theater of the Absurd with Beckett's works Waiting for Godot and Endgame. Ultimately, The Theater of the Absurd contains various theatrical characteristics that are seen in Beckett's works, including the use of characters, language, and plot that are s...