Absurd Language In The Bald Soprano

Short proposal After the Second World War, the people have suffered from corruption, frustration, and injustices that lead them to prefer to isolate life alone. They have felt that life has lost its meaning and it becomes useless. All that force them to be more aggressive and angry. All the political, economic and social conditions at that time have forced people to feel lost. This feeling of loss makes a group of playwrights to create the Theater of Absurd.

The Theater of Absurd reflects the feeling of loneliness and isolation of people. The playwrights aim to use meaningless plot, repetition, foolish dialogues, and absurd language to present the suffering of people. All of their characteristics and techniques are new, as

He focuses on the lack of communication, so the language of his plays is meaningless. His characters are unable to control their own life and existence. Most of his plays are written in French. He uses illogical expressions and phrases in his play The Bald Soprano. He uses new style in writing as he is writing as if he is writing poems. He does not use new ideas as all absurdist ideas are actually new, but he uses new language and techniques (Bloom 11 – 14).

The Bald Soprano (1950) is his first play. It is about the absurd nature of human existence. The actions of his characters are useless, repetitive, and meaningless (Bloom 15).

Harold Pinter (1930 – 2008) is the leading English language playwright in the absurdist drama. His well-known plays are The Birthday Party, The Caretaker, The Home Coming, and Betrayal. In his early plays, he aims to make the audience laugh, but he warns them from violence and hostile presence that often destroys one or more characters. In the later plays, there is less violence. His plays are comic, leaving audience shocked about the real identity of the characters and the truth of what they say, as in his play The Birthday Party (Grimes 13 –