The Caretaker

Ans: Harold Pinter is the writer of the play "The Caretaker".

Ans: Harold Pinter was a modern dramatist. Harold Pinter was born on 10 October,1930 in Hackney in East London.

Ans: Harold Pinter was awarded Nobel Prize in 2005 for literature.

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Ans: Davies is a rootless wanderer. He is in his sixties rescued by Aston from the brawl at the café.

Ans: Mick was the younger brother of Aston.

Ans: Davies is offered the job of caretaker.

Ans: Davies is the caretaker in The Caretaker.

Ans: Aston rescued Davies from the brawl at the café.

Ans: At the offer of the job of a Caretaker Davies seems reluctant to accept the position.

Ans: Aston is disturbed from going to sleep by the snorting and the noise made Davies.

Ans: Only three characters namely Aston, Mick and Davies are presented in The Caretaker.

Ans: Sidcup is a town medium in size fourteen miles south of London.

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Ans: Davies quarreled with the Scotchman in the café because the Scotchman told him to take the bucket of rubbish outside, which he thought was not his duty.

Ans: The cause of Aston's Brain damage was the electric shock treatments he received years ago.  

Ans: Davis left his wife because he found her washing her underclothes in a saucepan which was used for cooking vegetables.

Ans: Davies refuses the shoes offered by Aston.

Ans: Mick refuses to offer Davies a job or a room because he has falsely introduced himself as an expert interior decorator.

Ans: Davies was expelled from the house of Aston and Mick because of his abusive remarks to Aston.

Ans: At the offer of the job of a Caretaker Davies seems reluctant to accept the position.

Ans: Mick threatens Davies by saying that he (D) will be taken to the police station and also be kept in police custody.

Ans: Aston is disturbed by Davies form going to bed in that Davies’ habit of snorting and making noises makes Aston’s sleep run away.

Ans: Aston is disturbed from going to sleep by the snorting and the noise made Davies.

Ans: Davies is trapped by Mick when he(M) makes Davies believe that Aston is “work shy”.

Ans: Davies is terrified by Mick by pursuing him around the darkened room with a vacuum cleaner.

Ans: Only three characters namely Aston, Mick and Davies are presented in The Caretaker.

Ans: The characters in "The Caretaker" are Aston, Mick and Davies.

Ans: Devies’s ‘papers’ are the means of establishing his identity.

Ans: Aston is a kind-hearted man. He rescues Device and offers him(D) everything necessary for him.

Ans: Aston plans to build a shed where he can do woodworking.

Ans: The Caretaker symbolizes the persons serving others for their welfare.

Ans: Aston started talking too much after his operation.

Ans: Mick’s offer to sell the house to Davies shows his motive to attack him at his weak point because he is in no position to buy a house.

Ans: “What is the game?” is Mick's first question to Davies.

Ans: Mick's motive in showing violence to Davies is that he wants to dominate and frighten Davies by his swift, decisive physical action.

Ans: Mick is a businessman in the “building trade”.

Ans: The setting of the play The Caretaker is in a house in West London.

Ans: Sidcup is a medium sized town situated fourteen miles south to London.

Ans: Aston is a kind-hearted man. He rescues Davies and offers him (D) everything necessary for him.

Ans: Davies’ comment regarding Mick’s inexperience as an interior decorator makes Mick angry with Davies.

Ans: ‘The Caretaker’ is a tragicomedy.

Ans: The caretaker is a comedy of menace.

Ans: Theatre of the Absurd indicates a kind of drama that is based on the philosophy of existentialism. It presents the characters struggling to find order and purpose in the meaningless universe. It indicates the meaningless existence of life.

Ans: The cause of Aston's brain damage was the electric shock treatments he received years ago.

Ans: Davies quarreled with the Scotchman in the café because the Scotchman told him to take the bucket of rubbish outside, which he thought was not his duty.

Ans: Aston accuses Davies of spreading bad smell in the room. So Davies gets furious and draws knife towards Aston.

Ans: The action of the play The Caretaker takes place in a house in West London.

Ans: Davis left his wife because he found her washing her underclothes in a saucepan which was used for cooking vegetables.

Ans: Davies quarreled with the Scotchman in the café because the Scotchman told him to take the bucket of rubbish outside, which he thought was not his duty.

Ans: Davis left his wife because he found her washing her underclothes in a saucepan which was used for cooking vegetables.

Ans: There is no nurture without nature. There is no scope of women character in the play. So, women have no role to play.

Ans: Devies’ snorting in sleep causes disturbance in Aston’s sleep. So, Aston wakes him(D) up and disturbs him in sleep. At this, Devies reacts seriously and abuses Aston.

Ans: Davies intends to go to Sidcup to pick up his ‘papers’. Since Davies has been living under the assumed name, Bernard Jenkins, he needs documents to prove his introduction.

Ans: Devies abuses Aston because his (A) his snorting and noise cause disturbance in his sleep

Ans: Mick attacks Davies because he thought him to be an intruder in his brother Aston's abode.

Ans: Davies called Aston a madman. It made Mick furious. That’s why Mick calls Davies 'a wild animal' and tells him to go.

Ans: Mick refuses to offer Davies a job or a room because he has falsely introduced himself as an expert interior decorator.

Ans: Mick threatens Davies for calling Aston “nutty”.

Ans: Davies is driven out of the house because Mick and Aston discover that Davies has attempted to play each of the brothers against the other.

Ans: Davies is upset about the house of Aston because he comes to learn that other rooms of the house are occupied by the foreigners.

Ans: Davies was expelled from the house of Aston and Mick because of his abusive remarks to Aston.

Ans: Only three characters namely Aston, Mick and Davies are presented in The Caretaker.