The Culmination of Authoritarianism and Individual Freedom in Harold Pinter’s One for the Road


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  • Dr. Ishan Gairola Gairola Sadan, Charlvelley Road Mussoorie, Uttarakhand, India

Keywords:

Authoritarianism, Individual Freedom, Humanity, Politics, Realism

Abstract

Traditionally related with absurdism, Harold Pinter's name, in the later phase of his life was a byword for anti-authoritarian and anti-American politics. He was an outspoken and passionate vocal critic of political and social hypocrisy. His political views even distorted the British Literary Establishment. Being a critique of an inward looking society, which prefers disengagement, he firmly believed that politics and literature are parts of a whole. The present paper focuses on Pinter’s view about world politics and its consequences on global citizens. The play, One for the Road, symbolically demonstrates the view that the modern world is a cruel place to live in, as all our individuality and democratic freedom are bound by legal laws, societal-restrictions and political amendments, in it.

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References

Gussow, Mel. Conversation with Pinter. New York: Grove Press, 1996. Print.

Pinter, Harold. One for the Road. London: Methuen, 1985. Print.

Achebe, Chinua. The African Writer and the English Language. Morning Yet on Creation Day. London: Heinemann, 1975. 18. Print.

Aragay, Mireia. ‘Writing, Politics and Ashes to Ashes: an interview with Harold Pinter’. Pinter Review. The University of Tampa Press, 1995-96. 4-15. Print.

Billington, Michael. The Life and Work of Harold Pinter. London: Faber and Faber, 1996. 294. Print.

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Published

2016-10-31

How to Cite

Dr. Ishan Gairola. “The Culmination of Authoritarianism and Individual Freedom in Harold Pinter’s One for the Road”. The Creative Launcher, vol. 1, no. 4, Oct. 2016, pp. 38-40, https://www.thecreativelauncher.com/index.php/tcl/article/view/399.

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