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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
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Plot Summary of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
"George, a college professor, gets back home with his wife Martha very late at night from a faculty party. She tells him she has invited a new professor and his wife, so that they can get to know them better. They are Nick and Honey, a younger and more vivacious couple, and they arrive promptly.
Martha starts seducing Nick and ridiculing George, who answers back, leading to a series of ackward events, games and jokes that make Nick uncomfortable, while Honey falls drunk very soon. Martha tells the guest, despite George's warnings, about their son who is 21 years old.

George then tells everyone that their son has just died in a car accident, to which Martha reacts violently. Nick finally understands that their son is only imaginary, a game between George and Martha. Indeed, they could not have children, so they made one up, but George had told Martha not to mention him, so he decides to "kill" him. Nick and Honey leave exhausted after the long night, leaving the hosts together in an anticlimactic ending, mourning their gone child, whom they decide not to bring back to "life".
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Andres Becerra, Resident Scholar



Review Analysis of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
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Plot
Tone of book? - upbeat
Romance/Romance Problems Yes
Kind of romance: - marriage/relationship going to pieces

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - teacher
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - Female
Profession/status: - homemaker
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a lot
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 1 ()
United States Yes
The US: - Northeast

Style
Person - rotating 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references
Unusual Style: - a lot of play on words - No single main character?
Is this a play? Yes
Amount of dialog - mostly dialog
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