Both Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman" and Edward Albee's "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?... After the war, the American Dream, an ethos which offered the chance of wealth even to those who start with nothing, began to be misinterpreted. The great misconception was a person's inability to achieve the ideals of the American Dream must mean there are flaws in their personality. ... Both Albee and Miller use claustrophobic settings to explore the theme of truth and illusion. ... In contrast, Albee seems to comment on a "moral decline." ...

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