| Sumario: | This paper attempts a Foucauldian analysis of power, position and agony in Pinter's One for the Road (1984). Pinter was a leading British political playwright in the 20th century. In his plays, he focused on the political situation and distinguished between power-haves and power-have nots: the oppressor and the oppressed. In the play One for the Road, he brings out the impact of power and position on people, leading to their agony. Through the course of the play, he describes different dimensions of power. The aim of this study is to discuss how Pinter has depicted the abuse of power and position, causing agony by the totalitarians controlling and subduing the people, from a Foucauldian perspective.
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