论《生日宴会》中品特性-英语语言文学专业论文.docxVIP

English English Abstract iv iv comedy or tragedy, in a way that presents tragic characters by comic methods. The comic effects are produced from two aspects: the characters’ hypochondria and their multi-faces. Devoid of normal approaches of social intercourse, the characters in the play capsule their egos in their imaginative worlds so that the comic scenes come about. Meg and Stanley contract hypochondria mostly. While adapting to different situations, the characters choose to hide their real purposes in the disguise of their multi-faces. For example, Meg presumes herself to be Petey’s wife, Stanley’s lover and mother at the same time; Goldberg behaves as the master of McCann, the lord of the house, and Lulu’s lover. By the analysis in the first two chapters, the characteristics of “Comedy of Menace” are explicitly revealed. The third chapter explores the Pinteresque characteristics in artistic forms from four aspects: paradox, collage, language and images. In The Birthday Party, paradoxes not only exist between antagonized persons and conflicts in communications, but also the understanding of the real and unreal. The dramatized scenes are not always unrealistic. The characters are mixtures of fragmented personalities by means of collage, because their language and actions are lack of coherence. Pinteresque language is a kind of weapon, which is the first choice for the characters as self-defense, when their private territories are offended. If the topic indicates a character’s secret, silence is applied to be a kind of inaudible language, reflecting unwillingness, sentiments and abominations. Moreover, in Pinter’s early stage of writing career, there are some typical symbolic images, such as blindness, or a sealed room. Pinter is prolific and versatile, so the study of Pinter’s works can be doned from different angles. The Birthday Party generally and obviously includes the Pinteresque features of his plays. Being a play during the experimental period of his inno