Open AccessIllusion and Absurdity in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf by Albee
Author(s) -
Heng Ge
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
xue xi yu jiao yu
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2251-2802
DOI - 10.18282/l-e.v10i3.2466
Subject(s) - absurdity , illusion , emptiness , nothing , courage , the void , psychoanalysis , art , aesthetics , philosophy , psychology , literature , epistemology , theology , cognitive psychology
The paper explores the reality-illusion-absurdity matrix in Edward Albee’s play Who is Afraid of Virginia Woolf. The characters escape reality with various tricks. The absurdity of the play is that illusion, though destructive, is eagerly needed by the characters to fill the void in their massage and existence. Albee thinks that even though life is nothing we must have the courage to confront our emptiness.