1. Paper : The Modernist Literature.
Topic : Birthday Party as Comedy
of Menace
Prepared by :Avani Dave
M.A. - Sem – 3
Roll No: 02
Department of English
M.K.S Bhavnagar University

2.  Comedy of Menace :

Irving Wardle
David Campton, Harold Pinter
 The

general setting
Power conflict
 Humourosly
cynical

3. Fear in the Play
Goldberg
 Silence & Mc Cann
 The Stanley Webber of Menace
Atmosphere
 Pinteresque Effect
 Knocking of the Door
 Knocking is threatening

4. The Character of Goldberg and Mc Cann
 Stanley and Goldberg
 Deconstruction of an individual
 Failure of communication
Lurking danger

5. Society
Goldberg & Mc Cann
Stanley Webber
 Identity
 Needless mystery and violence Generated
from Pity and Fear
 The room or House