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In betrayal by harold pinter

Who is speaking in the following passage and to whom? What does this passage mean?
“… my life is in your hands, that’s what you’re banishing me to, a state of catatonia, do you know the state of catatonia? do you? do you? the state of… where the reigning prince is the prince of emptiness, the prince of absence, the prince of desolation. “

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Jerry is speaking to Emma. This passage means that the Prince is a corrupt figure of power, he’s a weakened force that has control over civilians.

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