It was and still is perfect on paper but unattainable in practice. The description given to the Young Man perfectly describes the American Dream. It is important to note that Mommy and Daddy have adopted the Young Man, who is the opposite of his brother, who is headless, feetless, and spineless among other deformities. Though the Young Man is physically perfect, he is incompetent, especially after losing his twin brother, whom they separated at birth. Albee goes straight to the point and uses the Young Man to represent the American Dream. This play unveils what the American Dream left behind after its ‘timely’ death. Mommy is sadistic, Daddy gelded, and Grandma acerbated. The American Dream play is an apologue of how American life has turned awry under the pretext of the American Dream. The American DreamĪs the title suggests, he American Dream is the most prominent theme in this drama. The play is performed in multiple theatres of the country. The work is rich in elements of fiction, among them theme and imagery. According to Popkin, Albee admitted that, this is “an examination of the American Scene, an attack on the substitution of artificial for real values in our society, a condemnation of complacency, cruelty, and emasculation and vacuity, a stand against the fiction that everything in this slipping land of ours is peachy-keen” (26). The essay shall analyze the setting, plot, writing style and main themes in The American Dream by Edward Albee.Įven critics would find this piece of art, both interesting and informative.
The satirical style of lamenting the illusions surrounding the American Dream makes Albee’s work a masterpiece. People have come out to criticize or support it however, Edward Albee gives it a rare treat. The issue of the American Dream cannot get out of the picture of most Americans and aliens alike.
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