The Base of Martha and George's Marriage
In Martha and George's marriage, its hard to determine whether they
rely on the affection or aggression, espacially if these emotions are
normally juxtoposed. The ultimate impression given is that Albee tries
to deal with the theme of Appearance versus Reality, thus emphasising
that maybe there is more to the relationship than meets the eye. The
audience in their involvement are unaware of what is real within their
relationship. One may assume the title "Fun and Games" to be ironic,
as the games "are not fun for them or their guests. Yet the
interactions in this act are very much games.[1]" Their attitudes
towards each other corresponds with Joy Flasch's assesment that their
marriage is based on a series of game playing, in which the "players
become more adept with practice.[2]"
George manipulates the game in order to gain dominance over Martha's
natural aggressive state. He attacks her effinity to drinking alcohol,
claiming, "there aren't many more sickening sights than [her] with a
couple drinks in [her]"and he also criticises her beloved father to
rile her, calling him names like "white mouse". Evidently George does
this to provoke Martha into reacting with anger, as does Martha with
George. This may appear unusual to the audience, as people in a normal
relationship would not intentionally set out to annoy each other.
It is implied that "the residue of [Martha's] wasted talents and
energies are released in the form of abusive behaviour towards her
husband."[3] This interlinks with Martha's niche at playing a
convincing role of a discotent housewife. The audience are aware of
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important that they learnt what it meant to rely on each other for a
change. Through this, Albee could be seen as presenting a social
commentary on how people in a dysfunctional rleationship can elevate
from the negativity to concentrate on the basic affection that united
them together in the first place.
This only further implicates that they have a dysfunctional
relationship and concurs with the belief that this play is "not a
defeatist play… basically like Zoo Story it is a play about making
contact", Martha and George achieve their contact through their
agression.
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[1] From CLASSIC NOTES by Carrie Anne Deeeo
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[4] Joy Flasch, from the essay "The games people play in Who's Afraid
Of Virginia Woolf?"
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