Eroding the Language of Freedom

Download or read book Eroding the Language of Freedom written by Farah Ali and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-18 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Let down by the uncertainties of memory, language, and their own family units, the characters in Harold Pinter’s plays endure persistent struggles to establish their own identities. Eroding the Language of Freedom re-examines how identity is shaped in these plays, arguing that the characters’ failure to function as active members of society speaks volumes to Pinter’s ideological preoccupation with society’s own inadequacies. Pinter described himself as addressing the state of the world through his plays, and in the linguistic games, emotional balancing acts, and recurring scenarios through which he put his characters, readers and audiences can see how he perceived that world.