Harold Pinter, The Caretaker Review

Overall Rating

No particular meaning to the play. Depressing. Arguments about how fitting into the 'tragic mode' this play really is and whether it really leaves the audience feeling the traditional 'pity and fear' which is so epitimised by tragedies.

The Caretaker symbolises modern day hopelessness in life and illustrates perfectly the class divide that is so evident in our society. Very little is achieved throughout the play, and the story comes full circle as Davies is accepted into the room at the beginning and is made to leave by the end of the play.

Pinter fills the audience with frustration as this tragic tale leaves the audience wanting more, a twist, an explosion of action, anything. However painting the perfect picture of the lives these 3 characters have, he does not give in to the audience's plea.