Seminar paper from the year 2017 in the subject English Language and
Literature Studies - Literature, language: English, abstract: Samuel
Beckett was the most eminent dramatist of the absurdist movement of the
twentieth century. Samuel Beckett was born on Good Friday, April 13,
1906, at Fox rock near Dublin, Ireland. Belonging to a middle class
Protestant home, Samuel Beckett enjoyed very good childhood because his
family was Protestant and well to do in Ireland. His family home is of a
Tudor style house, standing amidst lawns, a tennis court and a croquet
lawn. He was second son of William Frank Beckett and Mary Beckett. In a
poor country like Ireland, William Frank Beckett was a self-made person
and he made his living as a surveyor. He was well-liked, respected and
prosperous businessperson in Dublin. The Becketts had very good parental
terms with Samuel Beckett and in this regard, he had a happy childhood,
enjoying a comfortable life style. Moreover, Samuel Beckett's parents
wished him to be educated well, and were proud of his sporting as well
as academic progress. Finally, they were able to send Samuel Beckett to
the best schools of Ireland such as Earlsfort House School in Dublin and
Protoria Royal in the north. Therefore, he was educated at Earls Fort
House preparatory school in Dublin, and then at the boarding school
Portia Royal, one of the best and most expensive schools in Ireland. All
through his childhood, Samuel Beckett's chief talents and interests were
in French and English and he was inspired by the works of Dante and
Racine.
