Oftentimes I understand, at least some of what I read, but that wasn’t the case when I read “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf”. The only thing I could tell you about the play was the stupidly annoying song to the tune of Big Bad Wolf was stuck in my head all Thursday night while I was closing the donut shop. But that’s not important.
The more I thought about the play I found myself thinking more about George and Martha’s relationship. At first, I thought the relationship was one that most would deem a “broken marriage”, but in all honesty, I don’t think so. From the beginning and throughout, Martha and George seem to constantly bicker–well more like brawl, and at one point the couple actually did according to Martha when they were younger. But as the play progresses we learn that George sacrifices almost everything for Martha including a major promotion at work–even though his father-in-law runs the College. George not only sacrifices a promotion, he also sacrifices his image and relationship with his father-in-law.
But no matter how troublesome and difficult Martha is George still loves her. It was the kind of unconditional love that never faltered, and the kind that most people pine after. Even when she broke the rules of their game, George still loved her. And in the end, his choices toward her fracture of the rules was ultimately a decision not out of spite but of the betterment for Martha.
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