04/11/11 The end of "The Caretaker."

Notes made from the end of Harold Pinters "The Caretaker"

• I found the characters really childish/adolescent at times. E.g.

Aston: "You stink."

• Davies gossips between both brothers. His loyalty switches from brother to brother. He gets aggressive when he doesn't get his way. He is scared of going back to the streets, so tries to side with the brother who will benefit him the most.
• Pointless questionable actions. Aston got Davies some shoes, but they didn't have any laces rendering them useless. They have a debate about how he will use the shoes with out lace. Then Davies gets angry, and Aston gives him some laces, but they are brown and won't match. This builds SO much tension, because it is SO pointless.
• Characters have huge contrasts, they argue in confusion.

Mick: "I Don't want you to pick it up. I want first-class experienced interior decorator. I thought you were one."
Davies: "Me? Now wait a minuet- wait a minuet- you got the wrong man.

• Characters stand smiling at each other, or the floor, or just stare at each other for ages.
• Prolonged pauses.
• Pointless activities such as: Putting random decorations up. Fiddling with trinkets.
• Aston ignores Davies's pleading.

Key words

• Pointless
• Tension
• Dysfunctional
• Disproportional
• Weird
• Strange
• Repetitive
• Contrasting
• Blunt
• Agitating
• Aggressive