<em>Endgame</em> is a story written by Irish novelist Samuel Beckett as a <em>"one act play" </em>laid down around a <em>"not fully explained"</em> apocalyptic disaster comprising 4 characters.
The main universal theme illustrated by the characters relationships in the story is "Power Dynamics", and particularly <em>power dynamics</em> among humans.
Social power is meant to be the ability to influence people's behavior without the use of force or coercion, although sometimes people abuse power;.
Since human relationships very often involve issues of power and control, relationships among 2 or more people is a dynamic process; hence social power dynamics are the ways how people interact with each other while certain individuals have more power than others.
<em>Endgame</em> melts <em>power dynamics</em> with tragedy and comedy contributing to the philosophical movement around Beckett's time <em>(Theater of the Absurd)</em> or <em>"Absurdism"</em>, conveying the meaningless of life and stories beyond human rationality.
