Write a note on Pinter's characterisation in The Caretaker with special reference to Mick, Aston and Davies.

Pinter's treatment of his themes and characters is realistic. He endows his characters with life and vitality. They speak in a colloquial language like Aston and Mick, or in Cockney like Davies. That brings out their social and educational background. What is more, they do not have any past history. Pinter's characterisation differs sharply from the conventional method. For Ibsen the past