The document analyzes Harold Pinter's play 'The Birthday Party', highlighting its themes of self-deception and absurdity. It explores the characters' attempts to blindfold themselves from reality and personal fears through the metaphor of the game 'blind man's buff'. The paper concludes that self-deception is often pursued for the sake of happiness in a world where struggles are prevalent.

2. Blind man’s Buff in Real Life in “The
Birthday Party”
◦ Paper No.: 9 The Modernist Literature
◦ Name : Dharaba Rayjada
◦ Sem : 3
◦ Roll No.: 8
◦ Email Id : dharabarayjada021@gmail.com
◦ Submitted to : Smt. S. B. Gardi, Department of English, MKBU.

3. Introduction
◦ Harold Pinter is nobel prize winning British
playwright, screen writer, director and actor.
◦ “The Birthday Party” is his second full length
play.
◦ Which has been considerated as “Comedy of
Menace” and “Theatre of Absurd”.
◦ It is a play about a piano player, whoes birthday
party has been celebrated but has become
nightmare for himself. His life has taken turn of
360 degree after the arrival of two strangers.

4. Blind man’s Buff
He wants to blindfold
himself from his past and
present.
Stanley

5. Ostrich Mentality

6. Bilnd man’s Buff
He is playing this game with
his present and reality of
himself.
Goldberg

7. Expectation Vs. Reality

8. Blind man’s Buff
He is blindfolding
himself from his
inner fear.
MacCann

9. Blind man’s Buff
Petey
He is playing this
game to control his
frustration.

10. Blind man’s Buff
Meg
She is blindfolded from
harsh reality.

11. Blind man’s Buff
Lulu
She wants to play this
game with her self.

12. Blind man’s Buff
Petey Goldberg
MacCann
Stanley
Meg
Lulu
Outside
world

13. Conclusion
◦ Why self deceiving?
◦ For Happiness.
◦ Every one don’t like struggle.
◦ Where everyone is blind whom to blame?