Amirhossein Nemati - MA Candidate in English Literature, University of Tehran- Department of English Language and Literature, Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
Mahdi Javidshad - PhD in English Literature, Shiraz University- Department of Foreign Languages and Linguistics, Faculty of Letters and Humanities, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran

This article explores the omnipresence of ideology and repression in Harold Pinter’s The Dumb Waiter. This undertaking can contribute to a better understanding of the ambiguity of events and characterization in the play, a feature that is recurrently seen in nearly most of Pinter’s plays. The present study argues that Ben and Gus, the central characters of The Dumb Waiter, are interpellated figures who are subjected to the domineering presence of an ideological figure called Wilson. Such exposure, it is shown, is predominantly manifested through the determinants of ideology and repression. In order to discuss the matter, the present study adopts Althusserian philosophy as the framework of discussion.

The Dumb Waiter, Althusser, ideology, repression, interpellation