2.301.bhatt.parth

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The Birthday Party by Harold Pinter Prepared and Presented by Parth Bhatt Roll no. 2, Sem. I, P.EC - 301: Modernist Literature, Dept. of English, Bhavnagar

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The Birthday Party by Harold

PinterPrepared and Presented by

Parth BhattRoll no. 2, Sem. I,

P.EC - 301: Modernist Literature,Dept. of English, Bhavnagar

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Harold Pinter (1930 – 2008)

O Born in LondonO WW-II bombingO Evacuate the placeO Out spoken manO Playwright, Poet,

Actor, Screen Writer, and Theater Director

O In 2005 won The Noble Prize in Literature

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The Birthday Party (1958)

O The CharactersO Plot OverviewO Genre

O Comedy of MenaceO Theatre of Absurd

O SymbolsO Reading NewspaperO TeaO Blind man’s buff

O Style of PinterO Effective use of

Pause and Silence – Pinteresque

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