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significant quotations. Use the
appropriate citation (Act, scene,
line) for each.
Act I:
Id much rather have a little
boy (Pinter 11).
This house is on the list (Pinter
12).
You wont find many better
wives than me, I can tell you. I
keep a very nice house and I
keep it clean (Pinter 16).
Oh Stan, thats a lovely room.
Ive had some lovely afternoons
in that room (Pinter 19).
(He stands at the window,
smoking. She crosses behind him
and tickles the back of his neck)
Tickle, tickly (Pinter 19).
Tell me, Mrs. Boles, when you
address yourself to me, do you
ever ask yourself who exactly
you are talking to? (Pinter 21).
Then after that, you know what
they did? They carved me up.
Carved me up (Pinter 23).
Dont you go away again, Stan.
You stay here. Youll be better
off (Pinter 23).
A big wheelbarrow. And when
the van stops they wheel it out,
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conclusion on Part III
Possible insight into Megs character Motherhood
(did she have a baby boy? Can she
not have children? Is that why shes
obsessed with Stan?)
Never gives full description of the Ambiguity
list. Could be possible just a list of
boarding houses in the area, or Meg
is completely making it up
Only time she snaps at Stanley is Gender Roles
when he brings into question her
role as a woman in the house
Weird sexual moment between Stan Sexuality I imagine Meg usually presses
and Meg (doesn't make sense, one pretty close to Stan when
minute she acts like his mother, the shes in one of these moods
next like shes his lover)
Another moment where Meg seems Motherhood
to revert to this motherly role and
treating Stan as if he is a child, not a
grown man
Yet to really know much about Stan, Ambiguity Possibly Stanley looking over
but the way he acted at the news of the top of his glass at Meg, to
the other men it can be assumed he get better eye contact
is not a very good person
Language is a little weird carved me Violence
up sounds like they killed him, not
just harmed his reputation
Tied with the last quote, it can Mourning
almost be assumed that Stanley died
when he was traveling as a piano
player, and that Meg is mourning
this death
Very specific guess at whats going Violence Leaning closer to Meg, so as
to happen, maybe Stan is to scare her
and they wheel it up the garden
path, and then they knock on the
front door (Pinter 24).
I didnt see a number on the
gate (Pinter 28).
Arent you going to kiss me on
the cheek? (Pinter 36).
He arrives at her chair, banging
the drum, his face and the
drumbeat now savage and
possessed (Pinter 36).
Act II:
MCCANN is sitting at the table
tearing a sheet of newspaper into
five equal strips (Pinter 37).
Because its not a boarding
house. It never was (Pinter 41).
No. Anyway, this isnt my
birthday (Pinter 41).
Ive explained to you, damn you,
that all those years I lived in
Basingstoke I never stepped
outside the door (Pinter 42).
Simey! my old mum used to
shout, quick before it gets cold
(Pinter 43).
Why did you leave the
organization? (Pinter 48).
Switch out the light and put on
your torch (Pinter 54).
remembering an event like this
happening in the past?
The house doesnt actually exist?
Again, a very weird moment
between Meg and Stan that can be
taken as a husband kissing a wife as
he leaves for work, or a son kissing
his mother.
What does the drum symbolize? He
seems to go crazed with it, so maybe
something tapping into a piece of his
mind that has yet to be touched?
Almost like Pavlov
Another strange thing for a
character to do, maybe something
like OCD to calm himself down? Or is
it intimidation, but he was alone at
first
Up to this point, they made it seem
like they were all at a boarding
house, but if its not than why is
Stanley living there, and why did
Petey allow those men in?
Meg was the first one mention this
being Stanleys birthday, so its
possible that its actually a birthday
for a son she once lost
Possibly had trouble with the law, or
what he was doing got him into
trouble with other people that had
the means to hurt him
Up until this point, it was believed
his name was Nat
Already had hints that Stan could
have been part of something illegal,
and its possible that G and M are
here to take him back
G now has the ability to control the
light or the truth. He also has full
Ambiguity
Ambiguity between
Motherhood and
Sexuality
Psychology I imagine Stanley is hitting
the drum hard enough that it
almost breaks, and that Meg
is actually really frightened
instead of just startled
Psychology Mccann is concentrating
extremely hard the paper, not
even noticing Stanley looming
in the doorway watching
Ambiguity
Motherhood
Ambiguity Stanley becomes more
intense, and advances on
Mccann
Motherhood
G and M are slowly getting
closer, demanding answers
from Stan without allowing
him to answer
Control
 control over the scene/room

Simey, my wife used to shout, Same thing his mom apparently Motherhood and
quick, before it gets cold! said to him when he was younger sexuality
(Pinter 59).

Act III:
The drums broken (Pinter 68). Maybe has correlation with Stan and Insanity
his new mental state

I gave him his glasses (Pinter Ability to see, but also a barrier Insanity
73). between him and the actual world.
Act of taking it away was an act of
taking away security, forcing him to
view what was actually happening

Ive never lost a tooth. Not since G is trying to show the power he has Control Mccann leaning over
the day I was born. Nothings (even over his own body) and how Goldberg, looking scared as
changed (Pinter 77). he never goes against what is Goldberg explains all this very
expected of him close to his face

My father said to be, Benny, Another name being added to the Ambiguity / Identity
Benny, he said, come here list of who G really is
(Pinter 78).

Let him sleep (Pinter 87). Instead of telling Meg that Stan was
gone, Petey completely diverts,
maybe has something do with letting
the dead rest?