SparkNotes: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?: Act I, Part ii.
For the most part, Act 1 belongs to Martha, who uses the time to systematically torture her husband. She does this by blatantly flirting with Nick in front of George and continually providing her guests the intimate details of George's failures. The most painful of these is the fact that George has never advanced to be the head of the History Department, despite the fact that Martha's father.
Act 1, Fun and Games - Section 1 - Section 2 - Section 3 - Section 4 - Section 5 - Section 6 - Section 7 Act 2, Walpurgisnacht - Section 1 - Section 2 - Section 3 - Section 4 - Section 5 - Section 6 - Section 7 Act 3, The Exorcism - Section 1 - Section 2 Quotes Symbols Themes Author Biography Discussion Questions Questions 11 - 20 Questions 21 - 30 Questions 31 - 40 Questions 41 - 50 Things.
Summary. George is alone on the stage as Act 2 begins. Nick comes back into the living room after checking on Honey, who is in the bathroom vomiting.Nick says that, once she starts vomiting, it is difficult for her to stop. George complains to Nick about Martha tearing him down. Unsympathetic, Nick says that he doesn't understand why George and Martha need to have an audience for their fights.
Act 1: Fun and Games (pages 1-19 in the edition published by Atheneum in 1962. There are no formal scene divisions within the acts.).
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Summary and Analysis Act II: Walpurgisnacht: Scenes v-vi After he is gone, George and Martha argue about the events of the night. In the conversation between George and Martha, George tells her of his resentment of the humiliating way she has treated him.
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is regarded as Albee’s most successfully realized play. It premiered on October 13, 1962, and ran for 664 performances. The original cast starred Uta Hagen.