AMBIGUITY IN THE SILENCES AND PAUSES OF PINTERESQUE DRAMAS.

This paper aims at highlighting, by means of a synthetic approach in combination with analytical elements, some of the elements and peculiarities of Pinter?s dramas, which made him one of the most important playwrights of postmodern era. We will mainly focus on his silences and pauses he is so famous for, which became a trademark of his dialogue otherwise called the “Pinter Pause”. We will explore how failure in communication and the breakdown of human relations paved the way for ambiguity, nebulousness and menace. Our aim is to make clear Pinter?s ideas on silences and pauses when he used them, what he meant and we will reveal that the uttered and spoken word is important, but the most important is what is left unsaid, the idea understated beyond silences. Elements of postmodern literature found in his work made it difficult to understand and analyze Pinter?s work, often referred to and classified as illogical and irrational. Finally, we will try to restate once again the importance of silences and pauses expressed by 3 dots(…) in the Comedies of Menace, as the only way to penetrate through the real hidden significance of these dramas.