Essays about: "The Birthday Party"

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  1. 1. A Study of Menace, Pause and Silence in Harold Pinter’s Early Plays

    University essay from Avdelningen för språk och kultur; Filosofiska fakulteten

    Author : Behnam Pishali Bajestani; [2012]
    Keywords : Harold Pinter; Early Plays; Silence; Pause; Menace; The Room; The Birthday Party; The Caretaker; The Dumbwaiter; intruder; victim;

    Abstract : The particular characteristics of Pinter’s theatre such as the theme of violence, the competitive interpersonal relationships, the implied unwillingness in communication between the characters and the distinctive use of silences and pauses, distinguish his work from the writers of the absurd. Pinter makes particular use of “Silences” and “Pauses” as theatrical techniques that present a non-verbal way of communication in his plays. READ MORE