Colonial Mimicry Strategy in the Third Space: Merrick and the Colonizer

This paper tries to look at Pomerance's The Elephant Man, from postcolonial perspective. Applying Homi K.Bhabha’s mimicry strategy in the third space to the play, the author scrutinizes how 'mimicry strategy', employedby the colonizer and the Other, can be threatening for both and how the identity is mutually constructed in thethird space in the presence of the Other. Comparing the way people project their own fears and desires onto theOther, Merrick, the author tries to lucidly delineate the colonial relationship between Merrick and othercharacters more comprehensibly.

Keywords:

Pomerance , The Elephant Man , Homi K. Bhabha , colonial mimicry strategy