Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Philosophical Viewpoints: The Absurd Quotes Page 1
Citations follow this format: (Act.Line). Every time a character talks counts as one line, even if what they say turns into a long monologue.
| Quote #1 Martha: Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf… |
It seems fitting that the title references the punch-line of a joke that we never get to hear. From an absurdist viewpoint, life is pretty much the same thing: unknowable and ridiculous. (For more on absurdism and the title, check out "What's Up with the Title?")
| Quote #2 George: Martha is a hundred and twenty-five…year old. She weighs somewhat more than that. How old is your wife? |
This sort of identity confusion is common in absurdist plays. If nothing means anything, than who are any of us to say who anybody is?
| Quote #3 George: History […] will lose its glorious variety and unpredictability[…]the surprise, the multiplexity, the seachanging rhythm (1.600) |
George seems to honor and find beauty in seemingly unknowable procession of time. Here we see him celebrate the absurd condition.
