This document is a paper about Harold Pinter's play The Birthday Party analyzing it as a "Comedy of Menace". It was prepared by Avani Dave for their seminar class at M.K.S Bhavnagar University. The paper discusses the general ominous setting of the play, the power conflict between characters, and how elements like silence, knocking on the door, and the characters of Goldberg and McCann generate a sense of lurking danger and failure of communication.