Look Back in Anger is a play about the effects of British society on English citizens. Its plot is built around the main character, Jimmy, a tragic person but at the same time an educated man, who realizes the situation of the country he lives in and cannot do anything about it. His frustration is built around the tragedy of living in a country based on oppression and trust. He is looking back at the old Empire, hence the title “Look Back in Anger”. I will discuss Schkolvsky's concept, Defamiliarization, as applied to this play written by John Osborne. Defamiliarization is a technique, present in art, that presents familiar things and actions as we have just discovered them. It has been the main criterion for modern writers in creating literature. In this play, defamiliarization is found almost everywhere, in family life, characters and relationships. It offers a new perspective on the family life of a married couple, Jimmy and Alison, who live together with their friend, Cliff. The show begins with a picture of an ordinary Sunday morning in the life of a married couple, Jimmy and Alison. She is ironing clothes and he is reading the newspaper. Defamiliarization is introduced through the third character, Jimmy's friend Cliff, who lives with the couple. When we think of a married couple, we immediately imagine 2 people living together, in most cases, happily. But here we find the “best friend” who lives with them. As I was saying, you imagine them, in most cases, happily married. In this case, not only do they no longer get along, but they treat each other very badly. It is known that the husband must respect his wife, well, Jimmy is not even kind to his wife. He feels that… the medium of paper… doesn't belong there. In the end, Jimmy and Alison are left alone, playing their bear and squirrel game. Ambiguity is shown throughout the play. Its potential emerges through metaphors and symbols such as the bear and squirrel game which appears as an escape from their failed marriage, the church bell, a symbol of marriage but also of religion, which Jimmy despises “Oh, hell! Now the bloody bells have begun”, that is, the trumpet that has the role of making Jimmy escape from routine and reality. Repetition is also a symbol of defamiliarization, it is very common for modern writers. In this play we find repetition between Acts I and II, the same Sunday morning as a routine, the sound of the trumpet, the church bells, the game of the bear and the squirrel. Works Cited http://neoenglishsystem.blogspot.ro/2010/11/ quali-dispositivi-simbolici-usa-osborne.html