Beckett’s Spectral Presences

Abstract Spectrality remains a key motif and metaphor in Beckett’s writing; many of his wandering destitute creations seem on their way towards another kind life, uncomfortably close to death, remarkably the spirit world. This article outlines some paradoxes that surround relation ghost as dramatic device; it emphasises how uneasily work sits within tradition play, unravels preoccupations interests shaping treatment dialogues with dead.