This week we will begin to study the play THE HOMECOMING by Harold Pinter. Harold Pinter was one of the best known of all contemporary British dramatists.
Do Teddy and Lenny act as you would expect them to act in this situation?
Is there any show of affection?
What kind of image does Lenny try to give of himself? P.32 35
What is Lenny showing or expressing in his long speeches about the prostitute and the old lady? P. 36-38
In the conversation on P.39-40 who asserts themselves?
What is the relationship between Sam and Max? P.45
Who is the man that Max admires most?
When Max and Teddy meet is it what you´d expect?
When the men talk about women how do they refer to them?P47
Even when Max refers to men what derogatory term does he use regarding the female?
How is the violence expressed now? P.48-49
Do Teddy and Max actually cuddle?
Essay questions for The Homecoming-----CHOOSE ONE
1. What archetypes of the feminine are evident in The Homecoming? 2. Is Ruth the dominant figure at the end of the play or is she the victim of partriarchal power? 3. Whose homecoming is this? Discuss. 4. In what ways is power wielded in the play?
Week 4
This week we will begin to study the play THE HOMECOMING by Harold Pinter. Harold Pinter was one of the best known of all contemporary British dramatists.
Harold Pinter
Article on THE HOMECOMING
About the play
The Homecoming Act 1 (page 30 onwards)
Essay questions for The Homecoming-----CHOOSE ONE
1. What archetypes of the feminine are evident in The Homecoming?
2. Is Ruth the dominant figure at the end of the play or is she the victim of partriarchal power?
3. Whose homecoming is this? Discuss.
4. In what ways is power wielded in the play?