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Man Alone by Eric Josephson5/20/2023 Pinter’s plays generally take place in a single and prison-like room which symbolizes the world of its inhabitants. Pinter was influenced by Samuel Beckett and Eugene Ionesco. Loneliness, lack of communication and infertility are almost universal themes in contemporary literature and the Absurdist Theatre. The assessment of the absurdist tradition will be made from three specific perspectives: absurdist theme, deflation and wide use of symbolism. These playwrights needed new forms of expression, new sites, new dramatic arrangements and new stage imagery, and thus Theatre of the Absurd was born. They shared the view of many existential theorists that life is worthless, communication impossible, society mechanical and ruthless. Theatre of the Absurd refers to particular plays written by European and American playwrights of the post-Second World War period. Absurdist drama was somewhat coined by Pinter. As an absurdist, he adopted many absurdist elements in his plays. The point that this paper is to explore is that although Pinter has taken on many qualities of the Absurdist Theatre, he has made much pioneering attempts in his creative work.
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