Samuel Beckett's one act play "Endgame" tells of an absurd story of a blind protagonist and his power over the other characters who are also helpless in their own ways. This power dynamics among the characters, with the character of Hamm as the most supreme of the four, is evident in his constant need of help from Clov.
Throughout the play, we can see that Hamm depends on his servant Clov for whatever he needed to do. Meanwhile, Clov also have a sense of obligation to his master Hamm who had taken him in when he was alone. This subservient notion is numerously questioned by him but that did not overrun his feeling of obligation to Hamm. Also, the characters of Nagg and Nell shows the dependence of each other for their survival. The couple who re parents to Hamm also had to depend on their son, and Nagg constantly has to "kiss" Nell which seems to him the only thing that keeps him going. All these characters' relationships with one another shows the universal theme of a person depending on each other for their survival.
