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'The Birthday Party' by Harold Pinter



                                                                     


Harold Pinter's 'The Birthday Party' tells the story of several characters at an English seaside boarding house. Seemingly innocent situations spiral out of control as the characters' monotonous lives descend into chaos. 

Birthday Party, In act one was started with the mourning time in play Herold Pinter not uses out side of home but in movie he uses setting out side of as a street. He shows camera effect as a perspective of car driver and with disgusting sound use with intentionally because  of this effect he make his movie powerful than the play. Conversation of Meg and Petey tries to convey a unknown fear what was going to happening starting of the movie don’t show face of car driver so it is also symbol of unknown fear. And also mirror also a symbol when Meg see her face in mirror she looks happy but mirror show always unrealistic image. In movie voice of airplane landing it also shows threatening effect of world war. Herold Pinter writes about his own past and childhood experience.

 Windows and door are also uses for symbol. And Standly constant fearful one after another way MCCan convinces to Gold berg you have to do it is your duty. And MC Cann was constantly observing so it is also show his fearful mind. In starting of act two MC Cann broken a news paper cutting it shows inner stress and he avoid Standly. And forcefully celebration of Standly’ of Birthday . How a forcefully society make you celebrity so after celebration keep our self ready for downfall and behind on it comedy of menace. Society don’t leave alone as a artist so this event was free to interpret that he may also singed some contract also. Mac Cann and Goldberg ask question to Standly and Standly not give proper answer. So it shows a power and lower position. How a one artist breakdown himself behalf of society. The dialogue of question and answer it also shows child hood experience of Pinter When he passed from British colony  he suffer a lot because of he was Jew.

Pinter the way he write women character it shows that in this play women don’t like see a reality live in only illusion. And Pinter also shows that the play was constantly moved ahead perspective of Standly. In act three as an artist Standly lost his creativity. The pieces of newspaper are also shows broken personality of Standly. So news paper was use as a symbol. The laughing of Lulu is also a sinister laughing we can compare with witch laugh in the forest. Close room and darker setting are shoes the room prison and Standly was a prisoner. The game of Blindman’s bluff it is also very symbolic. This symbol referred theme of blindness and man groping in the darkness search for identity and search for Existential human predicament. And another was a plight of an artist. and toy drum was a symbol of a broken personality of Standly. And meg say it is still playing so after meet society as a artist he dose not make any creative art. 

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