Betrayal critics

Question 1

William McEvoy - ‘the play is as much about our role as readers as it is about themes such as friendship, ‘homosociality’ and sexual power games’

Question 2

Nabamita Das- ‘perhaps human life itself is mysterious like that. And hence Pinter projects the mystery of life in such a way which only seems absurd’

Question 3

Nabamita Das- ‘betrayal is a text which invites the reader/ spectator to make meaning for themselves’

Question 4

Linda S Wells- (Betrayal) ‘is about the power of knowledge, the fear of autonomy, and the narcissism of love’

Question 5

Linda S Wells- ‘nothing has changed, nothing has been learned, nothing has been resolved’

Question 6

Linda S Wells-‘Emma is clearly the character with the most power in Betrayal because she is the one with the most knowledge

Question 7

Linda S Wells-‘Emma is the character most explicitly plagued by the possibility of abandonment’