The Dramatic Significance of the Intruders In Selected Plays of Harold Pinter

Lateef Abbass, Zainab

	The Dramatic Significance of the Intruders In Selected Plays of Harold Pinter
Misan Journal of Acodemic Studies
Article 1, Volume 16, Issue 31, 2017, Pages 70-88
Author
Zainab Lateef Abbass
Abstract
Abstract Harold Pinter is one of the exponent dramatists of modern English drama. His plays are distinguished from all others by their sense of mystification, suspense and ambiguity. This springs from the gap between the surface action and the hidden or underling meaning of the action of characters. This creates a hidden reality and a multiplying meaning. In many of Harold Pinter’s plays, the conflict is set in motion by the arrival of a visitor (intruder) at the door. Within this unexpected admission a particular power struggle emerges, and by the end of the play, someone has lost the struggle and someone has won. This study deals with the dramatic significance of the character of the intruder and how this character is employed dramatically by the playwright. This study is divided into three chapters and a conclusion. Chapter one is introductory. It deals with the life and works of Harold Pinter. Chapter two concerns with Pinter's most famous play, The Birthday Party. It tells the story of Stanley who lives in a boardinghouse and is followed by two men who come to take him back to Monty. Chapter three deals with Pinter's first successful play, The Caretaker. This play is about two brothers and a tramp who is invited by one of them. The coming of this tramp starts a war of dominance. The three characters struggle throughout the play to dominate the place they live

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