Week 5

1. From what you see in the first scene , what social class would you place them in?
2. What is happening during the silence at the beginning of the scene?
3. What role does Joey play?
4. What sort of a picture does he paint of Jessie ?P54
5. How does he portray the family?P54-5
6. Then what does he proceed to do? P55-56
7. What are the sexual implications on P.56?
8. Which man is mentioned as the ideal?
9. ¨I was different¨.What could you infer from this?
10. What sort of picture does Teddy give us life in the States?
11. What is Lenny trying to act like? P60-61
12. Ruth takes over Lenny´s speech and puts a different angle on it . How?
13. Is Ruth´s picture of America the same as Teddy´s?
14. What did Ruth used to do?...implications?
15. What does Ruth become?
16. Who is the one in charge, in control?
17. What do you think Teddy is referring to when he says,¨I won´t be lost in it?¨P.70
18. What role is Ruth playing in the household?
19. What is their attitude towards women in general?
20. How do they refer to Ruth?....¨Maybe we should keep her?¨
21. How do they intend to make her earn her living?
22. What do we discover that Lenny does for a living? P.82-83
23. Despite what has happened who lays down the law?
24. What does Sam reveal about Mac and Jessie?
25. What can you say about the position of Ruth at the end of the play

Here are some articles on other plays by Harold Pinter:

On YOUTUBE you can see scenes from The Room.

On YOUTUBE you can see scenes from The Collection

On YOUTUBE you can see a scene from Old Times.