Both Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman" and Edward Albee's "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?," are plays that focus on how individuals are "afraid of living a life without false illusions"1 and explores how the stripping away of these illusions can allow the ... to represent how a life lived in illusion, like Willy's, can lead to destruction and unhappiness. In comparison, all of the action in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" is played out in Martha and George's house over a short period of time. This creates a sense of claustrophobia as none of the ... the characters' work ambitions and ...

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