Harold Pinter

The Caretaker by Harold Pinter is a play in three acts which describes relationships of three different characters and their desire for dominance over each other. There are three main characters of this play: Aston (kind man who had mental health problems and was fond of handicraft), Davies (homeless elderly man who was kindly invited by Aston to live for some time in his room), and Mick (pragmatic younger brother of Aston who owned the house where described events occurred). These three persons

Harold Pinter, renowned playwright and screenwriter, born in 1930 in East London to a Jewish tailor. At the age of nine he was evacuated from his come in London and went to Cornwall due to World War One. He became very successful in his later years as he gradually became an actor, director, screenwriter and playwright, directing over 50 plays for stage, film and TV. He was involved in the Theatre of Absurd with Samuel Beckett an inspiration of his. Due to different events in his time he realised

A prolific writer of his time Harold Pinter was amongst the most prominent literary figures of the British playwrights in 1950s and 1960s. Play, The Caretaker brought him immense popularity. Which he wrote in 1959. It involves conflicts among the characters as well as depict the struggle for verbal and territorial dominance. His play was heightened due to use of the pauses and silences. Which portrays the absurdity of language and human identity in his work due to the societal oppression. The play

Harold Pinter’s The Birthday Party is a play which sheds light on the pathology of abjection and violence both physical and verbal and its effect on its victim - Stanley- the protagonist of the play. Stanley is an artist who has isolated himself from a totalitarian state or organization for reasons left undisclosed in the play by Pinter. Since Pinter as a Jew grew up during the time of the Holocaust and the Second World War, Stanley seems to represent the author’s existential anxiety. It can be assumed

time, in any place, although the events may seem unfamiliar at first glance. If you press me for a definition, I’d say that what goes in my plays is realistic, but what I’m doing is not realism” (Pinter, Harold Pinter: Plays, 2 ix) Widely acknowledged as one of the great post-war generation dramatists, Harold Pinter’s fame rests on not only his popular dramas but also on his political activism which is rooted in his concern for people and their condition in realms which can be termed as social, professional

“It’s so easy for propaganda to work, and dissent to be mocked,” believes Harold Pinter, Nobel Prize-winning English playwright, screenwriter, director and actor. Various propaganda from the totalitarian government of Among the Hidden will affect citizens, baron or farmer. Either way, there will be attempts to voice other sides of the story. The government is spreading lies about the population police; their deceptive ways will change citizen’s lives. Luke is the third child of a farmer’s family

absolute absense of sound. In human interaction, however, the boundaries of this definition may fade. In that case, it is not the total absense of sound but the absense of speech that determines the silence within a conversation. According to Harold Pinter, this conversational silence can be divided into two categories: "one when no word is spoken. The other when perhaps a torrent of language is being employed". In other words, one kind of silence occurs when two people are quiet and not talking

Human Animalistic Instincts and Aggression “Animals do not do what they have done. Animals kill to eat, to defend themselves, or their own, and to protect their territory. Not for the joy of it. Not for the lust of it.” In this quote by Jim Butcher, animals are depicted as creatures who live to guard their possessions because they have to. Human beings adhere similar qualities to animalistic behaviors. Animals must be hostile or hold violent behaviors or attitudes toward another ready to attack

The Pitiful Human Condition Exposed in Endgame, Dumbwaiter, and The Horse Dealer's Daughter      The three stories, The Endgame (Beckett), The Dumbwaiter (Pinter), and The Horse Dealer's Daughter (Lawrence) all deal with the themes of repression, repetition, and breakdowns in communication. The stories show us the subjectivity of language and exemplify the complexities of the human condition.   Samuel Beckett arrived on earth in Ireland on Good Friday, April 13, 1906. He then

Laurin Neely Professor Matthew Byrge English 2030-14 22 September 2015 Samuel Beckett and Harold Pinter Absurd Influences in Theatre There are a wide variety of theatrical movements that have occurred over time. One of these includes the theatre of the absurd. Theater of the absurd refers to the literary movement in drama popular throughout European countries from the 1940s to approximately 1989. A definition of the term "absurdism" is referred to a literary and philosophical movement that flourished