Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Edward Albees Whos Afraid of Virginia Woolf is a play based on head games. Each character racys their biography behind some sort of illusion whether its based on their past, their spousal or their whole life. Each illusion presents a view into their personal lives and either connects or divide apart relationships in each characters life. Georges life is surrounded by illusions. He never was able to gain ground in anything he attempts and Martha finds joy in attacking him emotionally for this.He first wrote a novel which Marthas fix refused to publish. The storyline is first brought up through him telling Nick a story from his adolescence. Its the story of his hotshot who kills both of his parents and ends up institutionalized. When its brought up in Act 1 by Martha, she presents it by saying Well, Georgie male child had lots of big ambitions In spite of something funny in his past Which Georgie boy here glowering into a novel His first attempt and his last (149) This makes the reader question if maybe his friend was real him.Regardless of who it was about, George is angry that Martha brought up his novel because it shows a weakness about him. The novel was one(a) of his ways of escaping existence and even that was put down. He had hopes of his novel become a success and instead he has to live with Martha who insists on telling everyone that he is a great big fat FLOP (93) The biggest illusion in Georges own life is the mystery behind whether the tragic novel he wrote was an autobiographical story or just a piece of fiction.When Nick and sexual love are introduced they seem young, vibrant and happy. Once Honey leaves the scene in Act 2 Nick tells George about an illusion that genuinely brought Nick to unify Honey. Nick tells George that he married Honey because she was pregnant and George questions him since he said earlier that he had no children. Nick tells him, She wasnt really. It was a hysterical pregnancy. She blew up, and then she went do wn. (104) Honey faked a pregnancy to make Nick tie her so their whole relationship is based on an illusion.He later reveals that Honeys family had a good amount of bullion and that is good enough reason to stay with her. Throughout the whole play Nick is shushing and talking everyplace Honey. He is embarrassed of her simple-mindedness but deals with her because he is stuck with her.. George and Marthas son was a lie. George pushes her to talk about him and she glorifies him. Once she is make George shoots her down and kills him off using the same storyline as his novel. This shows the fiction and illusion behind their son.She is so heartbroken after there illusion is exposed that she doesnt know how to live without pretending she has a son. The illusion of their son gave them something to relate through. George was sick of pretending and realized that it was time to face the truth and begin actually living life without illusions. QUOTES Isnt tomorrow supposed to be his birthday or something? 76 The one thing 241Whose afraid of Virginia Woolf? I am257 Why do people live behind illusions? Does it make life easier or in the end does it make it hurt more? Who is Virginia Woolf?