betrayal context + critics Flashcards

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What were the swinging 60s?

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Youth driven, cultural revolution - flourishing in art, music + fashion

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What did the mini skirt mean for women?

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Symbolised a growth in female independence as women broke away from tradition gender rules; challenged trad ideas of modesty

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How did Britain suffer economically in the 70s?

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Skyrocket in inflation + unemployment; strikes, power cuts + states of emergency

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What did the invention of the contraceptive pill mean in the 60s/70s?

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Allowed women to take control over fertility + was a form of liberation; stimulated new era in British attitudes towards relationships

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What did the legalisation of abortion mean for women?

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Allowed women to take control over their bodies + family planning
Women no longer had stresses w family planning bc abortion was an option

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What happened to marriage/divorce in the 60s/70s?

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70s saw an increase in divorces
Decrease in amount of women marrying (may have been influenced by abortion/pill legalisation)
No pregnancy outside marriage issues anymore

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7
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What did Pinter stick w?

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Stuck w his principles + politics

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8
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What did Pinter love?

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Star athlete; loved cricket

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9
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What did Pinter have?

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“Capacity of loyalty to people” to his male school friends BILLINGTON

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10
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What did Billington say about the ending?

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“There’s an unresolved ending where the audience is left to make up their mind”

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What did Pinter realise? What did he mean by this?

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“Our conversations are non linear and non logical”
We may sometimes be communicating w someone but aren’t rlly having proper dialogue

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12
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What did Pinter once recognise?

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“The hidden violence of cricket”

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13
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What does Billington say about Pinter’s view of friendship?

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“Pinter had a sacerdotal view of male friendship”

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14
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Who says silences whether long/short are moments of intense emotions?

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Hall

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15
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What did Pinter refuse to do?

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Refused to do national service in 40s
He wasnt a pacifist but had an “instinctive reaction against authority” BILLINGTON

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16
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Who was Pinter’s first wife?

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Vivienne Merchant

17
Q

What happened after the affair w Joan Bakewell + Pinter was revealed?

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Daniel (son) couldn’t forgive Pinter for the way he treated his mother + estranged him

18
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What was the Pinter + Bakewell affair?

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7 year affair

19
Q

What is pinteresque?

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Colloquial language, persistent tension; irony

20
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What happened with the letters in Pinter’s affair?

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In 1962 Joan went on holiday to Venice with her husband.
Went to American express hoping to receive a letter from Pinter but ended up with one addressed to her husband from his mistress.

21
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How did Pinter describe 1970s London?

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“A good place to have an affair”

22
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What did one of the letters from Pinter to Bakewell say?

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He was “counting the days until we are reunited again”

23
Q

What does Cohn say Jerry does in the final scene?

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“Verbal rape”

24
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How were Michael Bakewell + Pinter connected?

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Michael Bakewell helped get Pinter’s plays aired on the BBC radio

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Who says Jerry manifests paradoxical innocence?
Billington
26
Who were Joan Bakewell's children?
Harriet + Matthew
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How did Bakewell + Pinter meet?
Joan + Michael were having a party at their flat and she went out to talk to a stranger, finding herself "captivated" by Pinter J + M had previously seen a Pinter play on its opening night but P+M were already working together
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What does Joan describe about Harriet?
Pinter loved to toss Harriet in the air, like Jerry tosses Charlotte
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What does Hall say about silences?
"Silences whether long or short are moments of intense emotions"
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Who said Pinter had a sacerdotal view of male friendship?
Billington
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What does Hall call the play?
It's a play about self betrayal;
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What does Bakewell call Emma?
"My character Emma is the stronger + Harold had in fact written a fem. play"
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What does Billington say about Jerry?
"Jerry manifests a paradoxical innocence"
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What does Billington say about Emma surviving?
"Emma survives this network of deceit w great style, the 2 men are spiritually annihilated by it"