The Zoo Story by Edward Albee | Characters, Summary, Analysis
Edward Albee was an American playwright known for his Absurdist dramas. He won Pulitzer prizes for three of his dramas; A Delicate Balance (1967), Seascape (1975), and Three Tall Women (1994). He also won two Tony Awards for his plays 'Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf' (1967) and ‘The Goat, Or Who is Sylvia?’ (2003).
The Zoo Story was his first play that he wrote in 1958 and it was performed in 1959. The play can be understood as a criticism of the American Dream. The American Dream is a belief that any person can become successful in American society regardless of the wealth or economic status they were born into. People in America can always rise to the top of society through hard work and sacrifice and by taking risks rather than just pure chance. Freedom and equality are essential components of the American Dream. Just like Arthur Miller’s ‘The Death of a Salesman’, Albee’s ‘The Zoo Story’ is a strong rebuttal of the American Dream which explores the themes of isolation, loneliness, miscommunication as anathematization, social disparity, and dehumanization in a materialistic world.
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