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Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? Edward Albee In Albee's play, he reveals the shallowness and meaninglessness of contemporary society, and exposes the falsity of "The American Dream". In doing this he refers to many different facets of society such as alcohol, social conventions, measures of success and corruption on a number of levels. Violence manifested in both language and action, reflect the frustration of the characters in not being able to live up to society's expectations. "The America Dream" is a life lived to, or close to, perfection. In brief, this perfect life is achieved by having a good education, go into a well paying career of which you enjoy, raising a family with the 2.5 children, and then finally dying in piece without ever having to look back on your life with disappointment. It is said that whoever has goals and sets them are capable of achieving them as long as they are willing to work hard for it. But "The American Dream" is just what is says, it is just a "Dream". It is a dream dreamt by many. An i!mmigrant coming to America or any western civilization has these dreams. The dream of being able to live a life of perfection, a life of freedom. Edward Albee takes this "American Dream" and conveys it in it's
The use of alcohol throughout the play is very extensive. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Albee has been successful in conveying the falseness of "The American Dream". He shows what western society is through his characters. This shows that Albee feels very strong about the subject of alcohol abuse in today's western society. Nick and Honey represent the many young couples in today's society. She is without real care and believes that she does not need to follow the blueprint of "The American Dream". Those who are still young and have not really experienced life and are therefore kind of clueless is represented by Honey while those who have had a good education, has a bright looking future ahead of them, and looks to become very successful, those who have been named "yuppies" are represented by Nick. Instead of facing up to reality, people create their own "reality". It is said that as long as you give all of yourself, you will succeed. As the play continues through the night, more of today's western society is implemented into this micro-society that Albee has created within the play. Albee shows that the true "American Dream" as a reality can be so bad that people who are not able to cope with it resort to the use of alcohol as a way of release from reality. Who knows the difference?" Through the play.
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