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    Edward Albee and Existentialist Theatre: Reality and Illusion in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
    (2024) Ashmawy, Merve Feryal
    This article underscores that Edward Albee’s 1962 play Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is notable for its capacity to scrutinize social norms and ideals, with its potential libertarian approach leaving a shocking impact on the audience. The play revolves around a night involving the middle-aged couple George and Martha and the young couple Nick and Honey. It primarily explores the intricate dynamics between couples, the concept of reality, and the absurdity of existence, delving into the depths of human psychology by addressing the characters’ past traumas and disappointments. Communication breakdowns and conflicts among the characters accentuate the fragility of human relationships, with disappointment being a central theme that underscores the disparity between past expectations and reality. The play, analyzed within the framework of existentialist theatre, provides a thorough examination of individual freedom, responsibility, and existential experience, focusing on the fundamental tenets of existentialist philosophy. It addresses existentialist themes by enabling characters to confront their own existential realities and understand their identities. The intricate relationship between Martha and George reveals the fine line between reality and illusion, and the dissolution of this illusion provides the audience with the opportunity to explore the inner worlds of the characters. In this context, the play emerges as a potent dramatic work that underscores the complexity of human relations through its engagement with existentialist themes. The play has made a significant contribution to American theatre, influencing modern dramatic structures and securing a prominent position in the literary world.
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    REPRESENTATION OF NARCISSISM IN TENNESSEE WILLIAMS’S SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER
    (Karabük Üniversitesi, 2022) Ashmawy, Merve Feryal
    The concept of narcissism, named after a mythological hero, Narcissus, began to be used in psychoanalysis at the end of the 1800s. This concept, which was used to express the mental state of people who admire their own body and love themselves very much, is a psychological state that is discussed in detail in psychoanalysis by being expanded within this framework.Freud used the concept of narcissism in the sense of homosexuality and expressed it as a situation that can be seen in every individual. Narcissism, which can be considered as a part of normal development as long as it does not disturb the individual and his environment, can also become pathological with the variables in the development of the individual. It is common for individuals with narcissistic characteristics to constantly see themselves as right and superior, and to underestimate and value others.In this study, the main characters of Tennessee Williams, one of the important names of American theater, in his play Suddenly Last Summer will be examined in terms of narcissism. Williams, who is a playwright who deeply feels the crises he has experienced in his own life, deals with a main theme that can be evaluated in terms of narcissism in Suddenly Last Summer. The most obvious manifestation of narcissism in the play is Mrs. Veneable’s overconfidence in herself and her son, and that she has the right to humiliate and treat everyone else for herself.