The Oppositions in Edward Albee’s The Zoo Story
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2010
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An abundance of contradictions characterizes most of Edward Albee’s plays. The playwright
emphasizes the crucial function of contrasts in everyday life going beyond just expressing them.
The playwright reveals that one has to live with such opposites as black and white, good and bad
closely since it is not possible to avoid them. Moreover, one should go one step further and accept
this unavoidable situation even embracing this contradictory situation. As an example, that we are
spiritually dead, while living, is one of his most important themes. Life and death, in fact, are
realities of humanity, close to each other, going hand in hand any moment in life. But this is
persistently ignored by his characters as well as by mankind in general. The playwright tries hard
to make the reader be aware and acknowledge that this is the case. Therefore, we will try to
examine the contradictions in The Zoo Story, give examples, and reveal how influential they are in
the play as well as in real life.
Key Words: Edward Albee, Paradoxes, The Zoo Story
