Illusion is the great obssesion of all his works. people commit completely to these notions and never really accept that they aren't reality. But does it make them true because they believe it?
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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf study guide contains a biography of Edward Albee, literature essays, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis.
Act One, "Fun and Games," opens at two o'clock on a Sunday morning as middle-aged couple George and Martha return home from a faculty party at a small college in the New England town of New Carthage. Over the course of the scene, as Martha bickers with George, we learn that George is a going-nowhere history professor, while Martha is the daughter of the college president. She soon informs him that she has invited a new member of the Math Department over for drinks. Martha also loudly sings, "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" a joke of a song they heard at the faculty party and is angry that George doesn't laugh. Before their guests arrive, George warns her not to do "the bit about the kid."
Their guests are Nick, a blond 30-year-old professor…
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