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    The theme of lack of communication and alienation in the Caretaker by Harold Pinter and The Zoo Story by Edward Allbee
    (2014) Arıkan, Rabia
    Harold Pinter‟s The Caretaker (1960) and Edward Albee‟s The Zoo Story (1959), two plays written in the style of Absurd Drama, build around the theme of man‟s alienation in society resulting from the lack of communication that characterizes the modern society. Pinter and Albee are among the most prominent dramatists in English and American Literature respectively. Both playwrights are exponents of the Theater of the Absurd, which became popular after World War II. In their plays, Pinter and Albee portray the predicament of mankind and the alienated existence of human beings. Accordingly, this study focuses particularly on the theme of estrangement as reflected in the interaction of the characters in both plays -Aston, Mick and Davies in The Caretaker, and Jerry and Peter in The Zoo Story- all of whom are the victims of alienation caused by lack of communication. These characters are estranged from their families and friends. Their alienation is either imposed upon them by others or results from their own nature. The experiences they live through cause these characters to become alienated from the society in which they live. These figures are not capable of connecting or communicating with other people, a characteristic feature of the plays written in the tradition of Absurd Drama. This problematic experience, coupled with the indifference of the outside world to their predicament, drift these characters to alienation, sometimes to death.