Review on 'The Birthday Party'

 This blog is in response to the worksheet on 'The Birthday Party'. You can find the worksheet on 'The Birthday Party' here.

   Here I am trying to give some point about play ,'The Birthday Party', written by Harold Pinter. Very firstly we can say then when comedy of menace emerges Pinter came in light because of his plays because he use to write plays which are on bases of comedy of menace. 

   This play is written in three acts and it is so simple to understand its structure but what happens in the play is totally out of structure. There is a person who is living as a paying guest at a couple's home and that land lady use to cook very bitter food for that person. He use to complaining but then even she use to cook for him.  That couple hasn't any child so we can feel that they love him as their child but at some moment this thought seems very odd to viewers, too. The play is so much meaningless and full of nothingness. 

   Silences and pauses are also their own meaning in this play which can leads viewer in particular   direction. Movie is also very well presented and near to text. It also makes feel horror to viewers and it can frightened us very easily. But here we have to mention one point that movie is mostly near to original text and it can leads real point of view of nothingness, comedy of menace and meaninglessness to viewers but then even it shows reality of life.

  Only imagination can sometimes hard and make person thinking into another direction and so visuals can leads viewers in certain and particular direction. 

Thank you.