Boekverslag Edward Albee

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Titel:	Who's afraid of virginia woolf?
Auteur:	Edward Albee
Jaar van uitgave:	1962
Aantal pagina's:	144
Verfilmd als:	Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (1966)

Auteur:	Edward Albee
Geslacht:	man
Nationaliteit:	Engels
Geboren:	12 maart 1928
Populaire titels:	1962Who's afraid of virginia woolf? (1)

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Gist of the story: After returning from a faculty orgy hosted by Martha’s father, the president of New England College, George finds out Martha invited people over at that hour of the day. She tells him he’s a failure because he doesn’t resemble her dad. Before Nick and Honey enter, George tells Martha not to talk about their son. Nick and Honey are somewhat annoyed by the game their hosts are playing. But under the influence of lot of alcohol they will participate. Nick tells George the real reasons why he married Honey. She had had a hysterical pregnancy because she was very focussed to have a baby and she has a lot of money in the family. While Martha and Honey are in another room, Martha tells her about their beautiful son. Their son is the illusion that shields George and Martha from reality. In the exorcism George chants his sons burial service in latin. In the end George sings the title of the book for Martha.

Characters: name, age, profession, characteristics, mutual relation…:

Martha: a 52 year old woman , who’s the daughter of the president of a university. She’s very big-mounded and always picks on George. But actually loves him.

George: he’s the 46-year old husband of Martha and a professor of history at the university of the father of Martha

Nick: a 30-year old, well-built young man. He’s professor of Biology at the same university.

Honey: she’s the 26-year old wife of Nick. She’s a bit immature. She sick quiet often because of the birth-control pills she takes.

Time
No explicit time. Implicit: during the night, after a college-orgy

Place
Somewhere in England.


Social setting
As well George and Martha as Nick and Honey have families with a lot of money.
➜upper-class

Explanation of the title
It’s a mix of two elements: normally it’s: ’Who’s afraid of the big bad wolf?’ in which big bad wolf has been replaced by Virginia Woolf, a famous novelist. With this song Martha laughs with George because of his lack of being able to lay social contacts. In the end the song has the purpose of asking Martha if she’s afraid of reality. Her answer’s yes.

Themes
Neglecting reality, delusion, love, disappointment, greed, …

Similarity with other stories, films, writers,…?(+motivation)
None of which I’m aware of.

Evaluation: what kind of work have you read?
-type: psychological
-tempo: normal
-construction: chronological
-point of view: none, dialogs
-content: psychological

Give marks on ten and comment them:
A six and a half. The book read quiet easily because of the dialogs. There’s always something happening. I think these people are mentally ill and need to see a psychologist. Or maybe they’re just being crazy because of the bourbon that’s being poured out frequently.