Harold Pinter’s “The Homecoming” Athematic Study of Gender and Power

Abstract

This paper aims at examining the gender and power in Pinter’s full length play The Homecoming. This work confused audiences around the world with its rich and intricate texture, and was their victory with its meticulous artistic theatrical intent. Pinter's main concerns in this play are gender, power, linguistic ambiguity, and the relationship between joy and power Above all, Pinter’s The Homecoming remains fascinating and offers no solution. It is the relationship between gender and power where characters struggle for authority within the family structure. This paper examines the ways in which Pinter’s characters invade power and gender and the various ways men try to dominate one another emotionally and physically, but fail to control females. .