ABSTRACT
G.W.F. Hegel believes the most appropriate place to start any analysis of ethical life is the family. This chapter expands Hegel’s assumption, taking Pinter’s Celebration (2000) as a case study. Most of its characters belong to a certain social class and stand for what apparently settled conjugal relationships. However, analysis reveals rotten patterns of marital relationships among them. The discussion further focuses on the family/marital unit in society by spotting situations in the play that best exemplify this concept. The second section focuses on relationships between men and women in families, and the third looks at power relations between characters.
