Pinter 'Old Times'

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Comments

[jara_sing]

I really love that you are posting and sharing these sorts of things with us. These are things I am constantly thinking about and it's nice to know that there is someone out there who is also interested in these things and thinks about them

[coffeecall]

I'm glad we're of the same mind and you don't find these a bore to read to! It's nice to be able to discuss all these, and I hope you'll continue sharing your thoughts too.

Old Times was quite a confusing read the first time, but once I understood why he wrote the way he did, it became fascinating. Shakespeare is on his own level to me so I can't quite compare, but I'd say language wouldn't be a deterrent in Pinter's play as it would in Shakespeare.

You're right, 'Keeping up with the Joneses' is the perfect quote. It does bring to mind though about the origin of ambition or the want for power. Is it really something we're born with, or something we're used to, as a result of trying to live in society, watching and absorbing the doings of all their prime examples? In that case, do we blame that gene that makes us want power, or do we blame society for bringing us up as who we are? If we found ourselves as a lone individual, a single speck dotting the wide open space of nothingness, would we have known ambition?

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** not read to, read about

[kalissyndra]

Society certainly made us think that the more we have, the better off we will be which could explain why we're a doomed race. Then again, my outlook on the survival of humanity is slim. Humans are always finding an excuse to solve their problems with violence.