Illusion and Absurdity in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf by Albee
Abstract
The paper explores the reality-illusion-absurdity matrix in Edward Albee’s play Who is Afraid of Virginia Woolf. The
characters escape reality with various tricks. The absurdity of the play is that illusion, though destructive, is eagerly needed by the
characters to fill the void in their massage and existence. Albee thinks that even though life is nothing we must have the courage
to confront our emptiness.
characters escape reality with various tricks. The absurdity of the play is that illusion, though destructive, is eagerly needed by the
characters to fill the void in their massage and existence. Albee thinks that even though life is nothing we must have the courage
to confront our emptiness.
Keywords
Albee; Illusion; Absurdity
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18282/l-e.v10i3.2466
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