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5 pages in length. Edward Albee falls under a literary classification not many others have the privilege of inhabiting, inasmuch as the eclectic playwright harbors a special - if not wholly indefinable - talent for highlighting mankind's absurdity. The extent to which The Sandbox reflects the epitome of Albee's distinctive genre is both grand and far-reaching; that this particular story is steeped with vacuous characters who have nary an original thought in their collective heads whose interaction with one another amounts to little more than a spew of formulated truisms. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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The extent to which The Sandbox reflects the epitome of Albees distinctive genre is both grand and far-reaching; that this particular story is steeped with vacuous characters who have
nary an original thought in their collective heads whose interaction with one another amounts to little more than a spew of formulated truisms. "Put in its simplest terms, this
kind of writing echoes the meaninglessness (therefore the absurdity) of human existence in the form of the work itself. An apparently senseless world is echoed in a senseless imitation;
form is meaning, or nonmeaning. Neither the American Dream nor The Sandbox bothers to be realistic or illusionistic in the sense of depicting life as it appears to ordinary
vision" (Trends and Tendencies in the Narrative History of American Drama from the 1960s and Onwards). A relevant phrase in literary circles
that relates to the overall concept of Albees characteristic theme of absurdity is that of the human condition, which refers - quite logically - to the definition of being human.
Analyzing The Sandbox, one finds the human condition is a regular consideration, in that humanity is constantly in question: Is Man strong or weak, good or evil, redeemed or
condemned, honorable or chicken-hearted? The climate of the human condition is what compels Albee to delve deeply into the conscience of humanity and, inevitably, retrieve a less than flattering
elucidation. Albee has a special quality as a writer to see the duality of mans existence: the serious, meaningful side of human nature
along with the satirical, often inane side. Together, these elements comprise two of the most memorable moments ever produced on stage, giving rise to a type of social commentary
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