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英国剧作家品特的代表作，也是 荒诞派的经典作品.完成于１９５８年.这是一部 三幕剧.主人公斯丹利原是钢琴家，一次演出受挫后，心里时常充满着无名的恐惧.他在小 客店租了间房，终日闭门不出.一天， 两个陌生人来到客店，使他 惶恐不安.这两个人莫名其妙地对房东太太宣称当时是斯丹利的生日，要开个生日晚会，庆贺一番.随后他们向斯丹利提出一连串不着边际的质问，强加以种种莫须有的罪名.晚会上，他们与女房东和邻居的姑娘饮酒狂欢，还拉着斯丹利一同玩捉迷藏的游戏，此间，斯丹利遭凌辱，眼镜也摔碎了，神经开始失常.次日，他已变得 呆若木鸡，只能发出“呵……呵……呵”的声音，被那两人强行带走，去向不明.此剧表现了最独特的主题，即外部世界对人的威胁.人的“自我”的丧失，是荒诞派作家的共同主题.人与人、与外界的隔离和对立；一切存在都毫无意义，不可思议——这也就是“荒诞”的确切含义.基于此，剧中主角皆为终日惶恐不安、 茫然不知所措的行尸走肉.由于作为交际工具的语言也同样毫无意义，剧中人物语言 絮叨，心不在焉，常常答非所问，十分可笑.另外，此剧还体现了品特作品的另一特征，即所有那些恶梦般的事情都围绕着一间闭塞的小屋而发生.这间小屋象征着主人公的逃难所，屋外的一切都令人恐惧，无法把握.这些表现了品特的 不可知论及 存在主义的意识，体现了“他人是地狱”的思想.此外，剧中不时出现的意味无穷的停顿和沉默，也是品特又一高超的 艺术手法.&&&& 爱尔兰文学 British playwright Pinter's masterpiece, but also the classic works of the Absurd. Was completed in 1958. This is a three-act play. Hero Stanley was originally a pianist, a performance setback, the heart is often filled with nameless fears. He rented a small inn rooms, all day, not behind closed doors. One day, two strangers came to inn so that he live in fear. the two men somehow claims to the landlady was Stanley's birthday, we should to open a birthday party to celebrate something. and then they made a series of far-fetched to the Stanley questioning, strong to all kinds of trumped-up charges. party, they landlady and neighbors of the girl drinking spree, but also holding Stanley together to play hide and seek game, here, Stanley of abuse, glasses and broke, nerves began to disorders. The next day, he had become transfixed, only issued a "Oh ... Oh ... Oh ... ..." sound, was that They forcibly taken away to unknown destinations. theatrical performance of the most unique theme, namely, the threat of the outside world people.'s "self" loss is the common theme of writers absurd. people with isolation of the outside world and antagonism; all existence is meaningless, incredible - This is the "Absurd" actually means. For this reason, main characters Jiewei all day insecurity, confusion and perplexity, walking corpses. because of the language as a communicative tool also meaningless characters language Xu Tao, absent-minded, and often irrelevant answers, is very ridiculous. In addition, This play is also reflected in an other characteristic of Pinter's work, that all those nightmare things around the house and one occlusion occurred. This house symbolizes the hero's flight by, everything outside is fear, unable to grasp. These showed Pinter's agnosticism and the existential sense, the concept of "other people is hell" idea. In addition, drama appear from time to time implies infinite pause and silence, but also another superb art Pinter way .&&&& Irish Literature