Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf
For this book talk, I read an Edward Albee's play, "Who's
Afraid of Virginia Woolf." I saw the movie version of this book,
which I found excellent, so it inspired me to read the book.
The book begins when George, who is an associate
professor of a New England college, and Martha, who is the
daughter of the college professor comes home after a faculty
party. Although it is well after midnight and they are heavily
drunk, Martha invites another couple, Nick who is a new and young
professor in the college, and his wife Honey. The two couples
continue drinking at the living room of George and Martha's
house, and Martha starts complaining about George. She reveals
George's failure to advance in the college even if he has an
advantage as the son-in-law of the president. George tries to
revenge by telling Martha's weaknesses to the guests, and the
fight becomes impossible to stop making the new couple who tries
to stay detached also become caught up in it. As the fight goes
on and they become more drunk, Martha comes to mention about
George and she's imaginary son, who has been a secret between
them and a forbidden topic to tell others. Nick also tells their
painful secret that he married Honey because she thought she was
pregnant but that it turned out to be false. When everyone is
tired and humiliated as a result, George, who was very angry
about Martha's mentioning his son to the guests, he decides to
tell something that will change their lives forever as a final
revenge, and then the party comes to an end.
The main theme of the book is the sadness and
difficulties of the adult life. In the story, George and Martha
cannot have a child because either of them is impotent, so they
had to make up an imaginary son. Here's a quotation about their
son form Martha. QUOTATION(p219) Martha's this description about
him shows how much they cared for him and wanted the real one.
Furthermore, they constantly fight with each other for trivial
subjects even though they really want to communicate more
seriously and understand deeper. The difference between their
view of life also worsens their marriage because Martha always
expects George to be more ambitious while George does not
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