The character of Grandma in Edward Albee's The American Dream is for critics and audiences the most appealing, the most refreshing, and the wisest figure in the play. She " ... Mrs. Barker, and the Young Man with vital, bitter humor and rational insight, without doubt contradicting her description of herself as only a "muddleheaded old woman." (Albee 70) The ironic commentator of the play, Grandma stands in for the figure of the absurd dramaturge, ultimately exiting the frame of the action to become its director. ... and her immediate crossing between the space of the action and the space of ...

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