Whos Afraid of Virginia Woolf :: Whos Afraid Virginia Woolf Essays

Whos Afraid of Virginia Woolf           For this book talk, I read an Edward Albees play, Whos 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, break away who is a new and young professor in the college, and his wife Honey. The both couples continue drinking at the living room of George and Marthas house, and Martha starts complaining around George. She reveals Georges failure to advance in the college hitherto if he has an advantage as the son-in-law of the president. George tries to revenge by telling Marthas weaknesses to the guests, and the fight becomes impo ssible 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 lift ab erupt George and shes imaginary son, who has been a secret between them and a command 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 dotty about Marthas mentioning his son to the guests, he decides to tell something that will change their lives forever and a day as a final revenge, and then the party comes to an end.           The main topic of the book is the sadness and difficulties of the adult life. In the story, George and Martha cannot have a boor because either of them is impotent, so they had to make up an imaginary son. Heres a deferred payment about their son form Martha. QUOTATION(p219) Marthas this description about him shows how much they cared for him and precious the real one. Furthermore, they constantly fight with each other for trivial subjects even though they really want to communicate more seriously and realize deeper. The difference between their view of life also worsens their marriage because Martha eer expects George to be more ambitious while George does not