The Politics of Violence in John Arden’s and Harold Pinter’s Selected Plays

Abstract

The causes and consequences of political violence have become major
topics of research in an era of history weighed down by seemingly continual
warfare, revolution, and other violent acts of every description. The study of the
politics of violence, on the other hand, has drawn upon theoretical perspectives
and forms of analysis from all the social and political sciences. The problematic
of violence and its justification is a concern not only for scientists and
politicians but also for artists and playwrights. Many playwrights have
endeavored to display the argument of violence and its politics in their works.
Among those playwrights are John Arden and Harold Pinte