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        <title><![CDATA[It was Irving Wardle who first called Pinter's early plays "Comedy of...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[It was Irving Wardle who first called Pinter's early plays "Comedy of Menace." The Caretaker is one of them. Menace in Pinter is like a hidden evil, which is not specifically located in anything, any character or so on. It pervades the human condition, underlying all situations and the basic ambiance. It operates strongly through language as in the Interrogation scenes in The Birthday Party. Menace as a theme is closely associated with the...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:00:17 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[There are three acts in the play just like the three characters. The...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[There are three acts in the play just like the three characters. The first is Aston and Davies's, the second, Mick and Davies's, the third, a complex interaction among the three. The time structure from the first to the second is almost continuous while there is a temporal rupture between the second and the third. This time-scheme is  precisely the same as in Osborne's Look Back in Anger.
There is very little action; all of it occurs on the...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:37:04 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[manance is not an English word.and the theme of identity I'm waiting to...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[manance is not an English word.and the theme of identity I'm waiting to see specific answers to comment on .]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 04:15:32 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[This play is a comedy of menace- the menace is Davis, as he threatens...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[This play is a comedy of menace- the menace is Davis, as he threatens the relationship between Mick and Aston, he is the menace that comes from the outside and initiates in the inside.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 3 Mar 2009 03:01:49 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Please explain the importance of the structure in The Caretaker by Pinter.]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Please explain the importance of the structure in The Caretaker by Pinter.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 2 Mar 2009 10:30:33 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[manance is not an english word. In Romanian it means to eat. Can you...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[manance is not an english word. In Romanian it means to eat. Can you clarify your question?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 10:36:55 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Can someone relate to me what the theme of menace and the theme of...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Can someone relate to me what the theme of menace and the theme of identity in The Caretaker is all about?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 13:36:16 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[How does Harold Pinter generate suspense in The Caretaker?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[How does Harold Pinter generate suspense in The Caretaker?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 01:19:32 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Aston, Davies, and Mick do not use any specific "dialect," unless you...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Aston, Davies, and Mick do not use any specific "dialect," unless you mean the slang of working-class London.  From his speech, you may guess that Aston is a bit better-educated, but clearly Mick is the more verbose and cleverer.  Davis speech remains comparatively primitive.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 7 Jun 2007 08:40:19 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What dialects do each of the three characters in Harold Pinter's The...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What dialects do each of the three characters in Harold Pinter's The Caretaker use?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2007 16:59:12 PST</pubDate>
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