핀터(Harold Pinter)의 『난장이들』(The Dwarfs): 조용한 폭력, 따돌림과 그 트라우마

The purpose of this study is to interpretate Harold Pinter‘s The Dwarfs, on the perspective of bullying. Bullying is a sort of violence; silent violence that stabs with a dagger into someone’s heart could be more dangerous and threatening rather than physical violence. In fact, Bullying is a serious social issue, since it is not limited to adolescents but has spread to adults. In the play, we can deduce the aspects of bullying that accompanies mental and emotional violence resulting from cryptic relationships of the unpleasant characters, Pete, Mark and Len. Len, the victim of bullying of the two friends, suffers from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, exposed to extreme anxiety, and eventually he gets hospitalized. As is well known, the socio-political issues that Pinter intends to deal with through his plays is largely an uncomfortable truth, driven by the logic of coercive power, but like The Dwarfs, some are metaphors for the inevitable suffering of helpless individuals. This study highlights the latter.