Theme:
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf by Edward Albee, explores the theme of Reality and illusion.
The central message is that human beings must learn to live without illusion.
Summary:
It depicts the troubled marriage of a middle-aged couple, George and Martha, and the emotional and psychological games they play with each other and with their guests, a young couple named Nick and Honey.
Famous Quotes:
“George: national boundaries, the level of the ocean, political allegiances, practical morality…none of these would I stake my stick on anymore.”
“Martha: Truth and illusion, George; you don’t know the difference. George: No, but we must carry on as though we did. Martha: Amen.”
“Honey: Oh, isn’t this lovely. Nick: Yes indeed…very handsome. ”
“George: I read somewhere that science fiction is really not science fiction at all…that you people are rearranging my genes so that everyone will be like everyone else.”
“George: Godly money ripped from the golden teeth of the unfaithful, a pragmatic extension of the big dream.”
“Honey: (Hysterical) Leave me alone…I’m going…to…be…sick. George: The patterns of history.”
“George: “And the west, encumbered by crippling alliances, and hardened with a morality too rigid to accommodate itself to the swing of events, must…eventually…fall.”
“Martha: Who’s afraid of Virginia Woolf… Honey: Oh, wasn’t that funny? That was so funny.”
“Martha: Our son does not have blue hair…or blue eyes, for that matter. He has green eyes…like me. George: He has blue, eyes Martha.”
“Martha: Can I get you a drink, Martha? Why, thank you, George; that’s very kind of you. No, Martha, no; why I’d do anything for you.”
“Nick: I married her because she was pregnant. … It was a hysterical pregnancy. She blew up, and then she went down.”
“Martha: I swear…if you existed I’d divorce you…I haven’t been able to see you for years…you’re a blank, a cipher.”
“Nick: I wouldn’t say there was any…particular passion between us, even at the beginning…of our marriage, I mean.”
“George: the one thing in this whole sinking world that I am sure of is my … chromosomological partnership in the…creation of our…blond-eyed, blue-haired…son.”
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