Betrayal

by

Harold Pinter

Yeats

In Betrayal, the Irish poet William Butler Yeats represents the heights of literary accomplishment, serving as a reminder of what Jerry and Robert have neglected in their pursuit of material comfort and professional success…

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Squash

The sport of squash represents an idealized sphere of hearty, straightforward masculine competition, as opposed to the characters’ regular lives, in which betrayal and treachery lead them to compromise on their ideals. Robert’s insistent…

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