Martha is afraid of Virginia Woolf - George, Nick, and Honey are not necessarily afraid of Virginia Woolf, just tired of dealing with Martha's behaviours due to her unsubstantiated fear - absurd - illusionary, and maybe deluded - alcohol abuse must be considered as a factor in Martha's behaviours.
Virginia Woolf is a very intellectual author - a pioneer of the literary term and device referred to as stream of consciousness. The author has license to enter into the characters thoughts and reveal them to the reader/audience.
For whatever reason - existentialism/absurdity, Martha is afraid of Virginia Woolf. As anyone with a borderline personality disorder does so does Martha draw attention to herself in anyway that she can - an imaginary son - George exorcises her illusion... does he - probably not but he does by tolerating Martha's belief purge the pent-up emotions of Nick and Honey when they reveal that they are unhappy because they were married for reasons other than true love.
So, when George asks Martha who is afraid of Virginia Woolf and Martha says that she is - the game will continue.
No comments:
Post a Comment