Reality and illusion in Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and The Play About the Baby
Edward Albee has dealt with many serious social issues in his dramas. I will examine two of his dramas, respectively Who's Afraid o f Virginia Woolf? and The Play About the Baby, and analyse the figure of the next generation in relation to reality and illusion with the help of Plato's Cave...
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| Tartalmi kivonat: | Edward Albee has dealt with many serious social issues in his dramas. I will examine two of his dramas, respectively Who's Afraid o f Virginia Woolf? and The Play About the Baby, and analyse the figure of the next generation in relation to reality and illusion with the help of Plato's Cave Allegory. My attempt will be to identify how the perception of reality and illusion changes throughout the plays. I will scrutinize how Albee toys with either his characters or his audience if it comes to reality and illusion. I will describe the process of unveiling of imaginary child as an expulsion from the sealed world of the characters. I conclude my paper that in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? the forced leaving of the Cave is a necessity after games were played, however, it needed some consideration, whereas in the case of The Play About the Baby the expulsion is a completely forceful act by Woman and Man which leave Boy and Girl in despair. |
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