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The Caretaker by Harold Pinter as an Absurd Play

From the Blog iamzeeshan*(I had written this as a Drama class assignment. Sharing it here now.)* *Theatre of the Absurd: * Theatre of the Absurd, in essence, refers to the dramatic plays which came in the 1950s and 1960s, written by European and American dramatists. The term was used for the first time by Hungarian-born critic Martin Esslin in 1962. The major element of these plays was the focus on the meaningless of life, and the futility of finding logic, purpose and sense in the existence of humanity, and the world it inhabits. The driving force behind these plays was the hopelessness that prevailed in the Europe after the World War II. Europe had seen a Great War, and believed that was the last one, but then it found itself in the middle of another war. Two wars within such a short space of time plpakistanblogs.blogspot.comRead Full PostComments

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