Read the following excerpt from Endgame by Samuel Beckett:
HAMM:
Is is 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.)
GRRAY!
(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.
What distinguishes the dialogue of this excerpt most clearly as a work of the postmodern era?
A. The frequency of exclamations
B. The lack of human feelings
C. The ridiculousness and repetition
D. The pauses and volume changes
