A Literary Overview on American Drama
Modern American Drama develops its eccentricities from the Modern European Drama in terms of the language, style, and structure; however, the characters in American Drama evolve psychologically on the notion based upon American Dream and Post World War mania. For instance, building upon Gatsby's character one can analyze that spending money extravagantly on parties and waiting for Daisy at the light post are two extreme ends that never match. Yet this character is created with an allusion that is psychologically disturbing for the readers to interpret. Where Modern European Drama indulge into the thoughts of absurdism, existentialism, and realism; American Drama procreates from the over-indulgence of characters into bawdry, rough and violent language and cynicism due to social and cultural change in America. The relationship of Martha and George in Edward Albee’s “ Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf ” (1961) is violent, abusive, destructive, and disrespectful. The communication bet