Both Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman" and Edward Albee's "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?... Both playwrights delve towards "the marrow" of truth and slowly reveal how facing the truth is necessary, however painful. Both Albee and Miller use claustrophobic settings to explore the theme of truth and illusion. ... Here, Miller is commenting on human worth, and shows this suicide as an act of love. ... The playwrights both deal with the "decline of the west" through Truth and Illusion. ...

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