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Landscape By Harold Pinter Analysis

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INTERCEPTION OF PAST IN PINTER’s MEMORY PLAYS Harold Pinter was born on October 10, 1930 in Hackney, East London in a Jewish family. Pinter, a multi-faceted genius, has not only achieved unbeatable success in the field of drama but also in the field of poetry, novel writing, film script writing, screenplay writing etc. He always remained the reflecting mirror of the society of his time. The modern man is everywhere the subject-matter of his investigation. He deals with modern man’s psychology, the problems he is facing in society, with the social systems which are like chains in his feet, the political system, his hidden fears, hopes and ambitions. Pinter’s plays, between 1968 and 1982, deal with mind and memory. He has given his attention to man’s past and its impact and importance in his present. There are flashbacks and reminiscences of the past by the characters. Sometimes they give strength to him and sometimes they even torment him, making his present a puzzling, disturbed experience. So Pinter has dealt with most common human problems relating to personal relationships like marriage, friendship, and other family relationships. The play Landscape was staged on 2nd July 1969. It shows the difficulties of communication between two people – Beth and Duff. Landscape is often studied, read and performed alongside another one-act play Silence. Pinter’s characters have always been fond of reverie from his first play The Room onwards. But here in case of Landscape

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