Nagg and Nell are Hamm's parents

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Nagg and Nell are Hamm's parents, two legless, elderly characters who live in ashbins and provide darkly comic and tragic counterpoints to the protagonist in Samuel Beckett's play "Endgame."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional statement
describesCharactersIn Endgame NERFINISHED
describesWorkBy Samuel Beckett NERFINISHED
hasCharacterRole parents of the protagonist Hamm
hasCharacterTrait elderly
physically disabled
hasSettingElement ashbins
hasTheme aging
dark comedy
family relationships
tragedy
medium theatrical play
narrativeFunction provide darkly comic counterpoint to Hamm
provide tragic counterpoint to Hamm
refersTo Hamm NERFINISHED
Nagg NERFINISHED
Nell NERFINISHED
the parent–child relationship between Nagg, Nell, and Hamm
relatedAuthor Samuel Beckett NERFINISHED
relatedWork Endgame NERFINISHED

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Endgame relationship Nagg and Nell are Hamm's parents