1. Paper : The Modernist Literature.
Topic : Birthday Party as Comedy
of Menace
Prepared by :Avani Dave
M.A. - Sem – 3
Roll No: 02
Department of English
M.K.S Bhavnagar University
2. Comedy of Menace :
Irving Wardle
David Campton, Harold Pinter
The
general setting
Power conflict
Humourosly
cynical
3. Fear in the Play
Goldberg
Silence & Mc Cann
The Stanley Webber of Menace
Atmosphere
Pinteresque Effect
Knocking of the Door
Knocking is threatening
4. The Character of Goldberg and Mc Cann
Stanley and Goldberg
Deconstruction of an individual
Failure of communication
Lurking danger
5. Society
Goldberg & Mc Cann
Stanley Webber
Identity
Needless mystery and violence Generated
from Pity and Fear
The room or House