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nessa
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High School - 11th Grade
What is the cultural and historical context of Harold Pinter's Absurdest play, "The Dumb Waiter"
I need to know what was happening around the time this play was composed
can someone please help me...there's nothing on the internet about it
or can someone please give me links to some sites that can help me
thank you
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Posted by janeyb on Friday April 20, 2007 at 8:51 AM
On enotes there is a great section on Absurdism here: http://www.enotes.com/absurdism/
There's a section on "historical context" which talks about world war II, the feeling of evil, and other historical things that were happening which lead to absurdism.
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