Premium Content The Power in Harold Pinter's 'The Homecoming'
By Gareth Owen - October 27, 2002
Everyone in The Homecoming Thinks they Have 'the Power'. But who does have it?
Clearly no one in the house has 'the power'. The rivalry caused by the lack of a dominant force is the only reason the 'family' is able to function at all.
Max considers himself the dominant member of the family at the beginning of the play. At the beginning of act one he…
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