Harold Pinter, The Caretaker Reviews

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Good Points: 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.

General comments: 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.

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There's virtually no plot whatsoever, if you like plays that are full of intriguing, interesting, and vibrant characters then turn away now! There are no great scenes of any real intensity or rapture, Harold Pinter keeps the reader in a torturous state of frustration and expectancy, throughout the play you are waiting for the explosion, the big event! Fireworks to fly! - Stop hoping or expecting before you've even picked the play up, I assure you it's not going to happen.

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The caretaker by Harold Pinter is the story of three men. Mick is the proprietor of a shabby house in the countryside. Aston, his brother, is always busy with something but never accomplishes anything. Finally there is Davies, some kind of a hobo adopted by Aston who gives him a place to sleep and - after a while - asks him if he wants a job as the caretaker. Davies is very reluctant and find petty excuses to postpone the decision of becoming the caretaker.
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