A Study of Repetitions in Harold Pinter’s The Dumb Waiter

• 作者: REN Hong-yu
• 来源期刊: 海外英语
• 学科: 文学
• 关键词: The Dumb WAITER Harold PINTER REPETITION power STRUGGLE DOMINANT force
• 年，卷（期）: 2019,（11）
• 页码范围: 215-216
• 页数: 2页
• 分类号: I106.3

摘要

Harold Pinter is one of the most influential modern British playwrights.Repetition is a frequent and noticeable phenome-non in his plays.In this paper,different kinds of repetition-the repetition of language,actions,silence and pause-in Pinter's TheDumb Waiter will be discussed to show both Ben and Gus'struggle for power and their useless efforts under the control of an dominant force.