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Response to Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Summary: To what extent has your response to the values and attitudes presented in a literature text (novel, short story, or play) been influences by the techniques of its construction?
A reader's attitudes and values may be influenced by the techniques used in the construction of a literature text. Techniques such as dialog, sequences, stage directions and power struggles may cause this change the reader's response towards a text. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is a play written by Edward Albee and is about two couples who venture through the night at one of the couples house, after spending a long night at one of the couples father's house. One couple decides to go back to the other couples house for a few drinks after the party, and this is where all the trouble occurs.
The play Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is mainly concerned with the power struggle that continues to go on throughout the night. The main characters that are attempting to have this power include Nick, a young scientists who works in the science department...
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