Question

Read this excerpt from Endgame by Samuel Beckett:

HAMM:

Is it night already then?

CLOV:

(looking)

No.

HAMM:

Then what is it?

CLOV:

(looking)

Gray.

(Lowering the telescope, turning towards Hamm, louder.)

Gray!

(Pause. Still louder.)

GRAY!

(Pause. He gets down, approaches Hamm from behind, whispers in his ear.)

HAMM:

(starting)

Gray! Did I hear you say gray?

CLOV:

LIght black. From pole to pole.


Which sentence most accurately describes the implied conflict in the passage?
A.Hamm wants morning to come and bring new hope with it.
B.Clov wants to find a better word to describe the concept of grayness.
C.Hamm wants the world to be something more than just gray.

Answer 1

C.Hamm wants the world to be something more than just gray.