ABSTRACT
The Homecoming is a pivotal work between the early and middle plays, the first of Pinter’s plays where a woman, an underdog and initially a subservient character, is attacked on all sides, becomes dominant and wins something positive-her freedom. Her freedom contrasts with the constraints, often self-imposed, the others subscribe to. As choice is a necessary basis for justice, freedom becomes a cornerstone for the ethic in Pinter’s work.
