Religion in whos afraid of virginia woolf

Title: Religion in whos afraid of virginia woolf
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 489 | Pages: 2.1 (approximately 235 words/page)

Religion in whos afraid of virginia woolf

In Edward Albee’s controversial play, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, religion plays a major, yet often overlooked theme. There are constant references to God and Jesus throughout the play; in the third act, “The Exorcism,” George recites the Requiem for the Dead, the Catholic funeral mass. Throughout the play, these religious references and the character of Honey come to symbolize the failure of religion. Albee added these references to point out the fact …showed first 75 words of 489 total…

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…showed last 75 words of 489 total…growing up in the home of a preacher. Albee made and still makes a point in this play. ‘Although religion is supposed to be the answer, it gives none.’ That point is supported by every religious reference he added in. Every reference to God and Jesus being a swear word, the requiem causing grief instead of comfort, and finally the preacher’s daughter being everything but Christian. Albee definitely got his point across this time.

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