Absurdity In Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf

In both Victorian and contemporary literature the subordination of women leads to the breakdown of mental stability due to the patriarchal society and the social pressures that are attached. In who’s afraid of Virginia Woolf, Albee’s use of symbolic elements is given contemporary edge by the presence of social issues. Thus, as a parallel to the failure of communication within marriage there is a division created between the lifestyles of the two couples. The only way for George and Martha to embrace their absurd marriage and preserve their limited amount of happiness is by changing their reality through the conception of an imaginary child. The absurdity refers to the pessimistic view of humanity struggling to find a purpose, humans find a sense of hopelessness …show more content…
Women at the time were faced with certain limitations such as not being able to vote which in turn meant that they had no voice. Gilman presents the decay of female freedom due to social pressure and their lack of understanding towards certain issues at this time of great Victorian morality. Through its use of absurdity it shows a sense of hopeless as the narrator is forced to face a reality that’s she cannot escape not even through her imagination. Her husband is also her doctor and although, his intentions are to help her he assumes he knows what best for her and does not take into account the fact that she is another being and for this reason her condition becomes worse, he represents the society at its worse. The yellow wallpaper is written through a first person narrative which is based on the experiences of a woman who is suffering from a severe postpartum