Abstract

THE CRISIS OF SELF- INSECURITY OF MODERN MAN IN PINTER'S THE ROOM

Assist Instructor Ienas Talib Naseef

Volume: 10 Issue: 2 2020

Abstract:

Harold Pinter is one of the major dramatists who deals with the existential problems of modern man who lives in a hostile universe. Moreover, Pinter's writings show a special talent, he invented a new form of themes such as the aimlessness of man, the nameless menace and the difficulty of verification of existence. Pinter succeeds in shedding light on the dilemma of obliterated characters who are unable to feel their own existence in his play The Room. They feel exhausted and frustrated in a world that deprives them from their human identity. These feelings turn them into a senseless people, unable to build bridges of understanding and communication between themselves and others or even within themselves. Consequently, those characters find security and shelter in their withdrawal from society and living in limited space. Pinter depicts the suffering of the modern man'scondition associated with the feeling of loneliness and horror throughout his characters in his play The Room. At first sight these characters seem ordinary people, but in fact they are restricted by a mysterious fear and horror which lead them into an atmosphere of expectation and suspense and finally their inevitable self -defeat.

DOI: http://doi.org/10.37648/ijrssh.v10i02.017

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