A brutal interrogator. His character represents the machinery of state oppression.
In the universe of the play, stories are the only defense against tyranny and death. Katurian does not care if he lives or dies; he only cares that his stories survive. When he is led to his execution, his final request is to hear one of his own tales read aloud. The play suggests that in a world without meaning, narrative is the only god. the+pillowman+pdf
| Category | Source | Citation | |----------|--------|----------| | | McDonagh, Martin. The Pillowman . Methuen Drama, 2005. | MLA | | Monograph | Sierz, Aleks. Modern British Drama: The Twentieth Century . Routledge, 2015. | MLA | | Narrative Theory | Hutcheon, Linda. A Poetics of Postmodernism . Routledge, 1988. | MLA | | Trauma Studies | Caruth, Cathy. Unclaimed Experience: Trauma, Narrative, and History . Johns Hopkins UP, 1996. | MLA | | Feminist Critique | Aston, Elaine, ed. Feminist Readings of Contemporary Drama . Palgrave, 2012. | MLA | | Performance Reviews | Billington, Michael. “The Pillowman.” The Guardian , 1 Oct. 2003. | APA | | Interview | McDonagh, Martin. “On Writing The Pillowman .” The Paris Review , Issue 157, 2005. | Chicago | A brutal interrogator