" Edward Albee also used similes like "warm as toast.... The fourth theme is about the American Dream. ... " The point of both of these masterpieces by Edward Albee is mainly to show what was life like as a member of a middle-class white American family during the 1950s to 1960s. ... It successfully delivers a message that life in America is not perfect, that the American Dream is nearly impossible to reach. ... In conclusion, in the making of these plays, Edward Albee referred to the situation of normal, everyday lives of some families in America. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

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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