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A 4 page paper which examines how the way George feels about his marriage to Martha manifests itself in their games, imaginary child, and the telegram. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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their wits by waging constant war with each other. George is a weak and ineffectual professor of history the local college where his father-in-law serves as president. His
gin-toting wife Martha is a constant source of humiliation for her husband. She is an extremely aggressive personality who has grown bitter and resentful at what she regards as
being trapped in a marriage to a man whose ambitions have never expanded beyond the corridors of the history department. Martha is loud and raucous, and frequently declares to
George or anyone else who will listen, "I wear the pants in this house" (Albee 157). As if to further emasculate her husband and offer herself reassure that she
is not a failure, Martha engages in indiscreet bed-hopping with the latest young, blonde and muscled additions to the academic staff. George struggles not only to avoid succumbing to
Marthas domination but to survive with at least a shred of his self-respect intact. His unorthodox approach to marriage and his feelings about Martha emerge in three ways throughout
the course of the play - through games, an imaginary child, and a mysterious telegram. Act I is entitled "Fun and Games," and features the couple engaged in a frantic
game of movie trivia. Martha acts out a scene from the film, the title of which she cannot remember, by imitating the films star, Bette Davis. George proceeds
to offer less than satisfactory answers, which result in Martha referring to him by such derogatory names as cluck. This provides Martha with an opportunity to display what she
regards as her superior knowledge. George, who is often left exhausted by their incessant battle of wills, allows Martha to insult him and appear to win the game, even
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