Absurdity of American Family: A Study

Authors: Dayanand, Puran Singh

Country: India

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Abstract: Albee repeatedly examines the absurdity of American family which is the biggest pipe dream of all. Albee showcases that civilization’s unwillingness to face the reality has affected the relationship in a family which is just a microcosmic representation of macrocosmic crumbling civilization. Albee is a champion of human relationships, since the time of his very first production The Zoo Story, Albee has been portraying the relationship of man with his fellow man and continues doing so in his later plays. He examines husband-wife relationship in his first Broadway production Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, parents-child as well as family-friend bonds in A Delicate Balance, futility of love and marriage in Finding the Sun, troubled relationships in Counting the Ways, the problems and solutions of marriage in Marriage Play and a homosexual or bestial sexual affair which disturbs the placid family in The Goat, or Who is Sylvia? Albee’s presentation of these various types of relationships and ties gives us the idea that how American civilization’s craving for a better social and familial atmosphere and inability to cope-up with what they have leads them to an uncomfortable life and affects their relationship with their co-dwellers.

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Paper Id: 230463

Published On: 2018-05-06

Published In: Volume 6, Issue 3, May-June 2018

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