In Edward Albee's play Who's Afraid of Virginia
             Woolf, Albee reveals the shallowness and meaninglessness
             of modern 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, but the american dream is just what is says, it is just a "dream." It is a dream dreamt by many. Edward Albee takes this american dream and conveys it in its true form in his play. In writing this play, he exposes the falseness of the american dream and shows the audience what this dream really consists of. The american dream does have its definition, but since it is only a dream, reality in comparison is almost an exact opposite. This reality is full of illusion, falseness, and deceit.
             In his play, Albee takes western society as a whole and
             places it under one household. He shows what western society is through his characters. He shows the american dream in it's true form and not as it has been put out to be. In just one night, factors of western society are conveyed - violence, alcohol, lies, deceit, conflict, - along with those who participate. Through his characters, Albee was able to reveal the different types of people who make up society today. Each character represents the different approaches people have taken towards reality and life.
             In a sense, The american dream is actually represented by Martha's farther who does not actually appear in the play but whom George and Martha frequently bring up into conversation. The american dream is something everyone wants and to get to get it people must follow a blueprint. This bluepri...