Abstract
After the Second World War, The American materialistic society was one of the most themes criticized in most of Albee’s early plays. He paid a great attention to the negative impact of “American Dream” project and the negative impact of this project on the behavior of American individual. Albee explains that the “American Dream” project means the absence of the highest values and principles of humanity and this project will cause a gap between family members and between the family and society. Through Albee’s play Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? This paper will attempt to highlight on how the American individual directly affected by the materialism community which has become used to administer the American daily life, also highlight on the social hypocrisy that the high American class lived and explain how the American culture has lost the real principles to build an ideal society in which humans can live in harmony.
Highlights
The individual existence is based on family and his society because the family and society provides the safety to its individuals
Through Albee’s play Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? This paper will attempt to highlight on how the American individual directly affected by the materialism community which has become used to administer the American daily life, highlight on the social hypocrisy that the high American class lived and explain how the American culture has lost the real principles to build an ideal society in which humans can live in harmony
From what has been mentioned above, we can elicit, the impact of materialism factor and the American dream of the American individual, which has become the main concern for him, especially after the Second World War, only has the materialism has been overshadowed by the personality of the individual, and his vision becomes materialistic view of all the things around him
Summary
The individual existence is based on family and his society because the family and society provides the safety to its individuals. Contemporary hypothesizing has established a lot of features about the nature of family life, with many discussions about the social change that affects personal relationships (Eby, 2007) In this concept, Albee wrote about the materialism that was rooted in consumerism in his community, which regarded the character’s income as a criterion to live a comfortable life. As Albee’s point of view, the American person becomes a consumer culture, in other words, literary culture has become a minor factor in the life of the American individual, industrial production and marketing turned out to be the standard of the American good life; as a reaction, the American citizen lost his emotional sense and behaved as a machine in his daily life, Their interest is only in amassing money Their believing that through the economic structure they can achieve their ideal and realize their values, vision and a virtuous life. The depressed life after WWII strongly affects all parts of American society
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