Open AccessMechanisms in Harold Pinter’s The Caretaker
Author(s) -
C. Vairavan
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
asian review of social sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2249-6319
DOI - 10.51983/arss-2018.7.2.1433
Subject(s) - chose , silence , conversation , psychology , repetition (rhetorical device) , subjectivity , everyday life , linguistics , psychoanalysis , aesthetics , communication , art , epistemology , philosophy , political science , law
Harold Pinter has explored human subjectivity and the process of its development especially in the domain of language in his play The Caretaker. He has used the dramatic language in the traditional sense. He chose to capture everyday speech and has rendered an authentic reality of life through his overturned use of language. As in real life, he has focused on the vocal elements such as silence, pause, and repetition and has used them in the statements. The paper focuses on these statements and discusses the concepts of psychosis or neurosis of the characters in their conversation with others wittily.