1. Throughout the play, playwright Edward Albee made sure that several literary allusions were clearly visible. But in this case, in this particular scene, the focus is on Tennessee Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire. First of all, at the beginning of the scene, when she is speaking, we notice that she makes some references to "The Game of Poker", the painting based on the scene in which the fragile Blanche enters the home of her animal brother . Brother-in-law Stanley's poker game. And secondly, George, when he comes in with the flowers in his hand, or snapdragons, we see him quoting a line of dialogue that comes from Williams' play, the famous phrase "Flores para los muertos", which means flowers for the dead. Now here is the explanation or comparison that can be made here. We all know that in the play Streetcar this particular phrase is used to foreshadow Blanche's death. Not his physical death, but rather, it is used to foreshadow his emotional and spiritual death. In Woolf, George uses this phrase to foreshadow his announcement of the death of "Sonny-Jim". Not only that, but it is also used to carry out the spiritual decimation of his marriage to Martha. In addition to this, there are other foreshadowings of death that we can see, when we think about the part where Martha shouts "Thoughts! Rosemary! Violence! My bridal bouquet!" This line refers to Hamlet, the part where Ophelia gives her crazy speech where she offers imaginary flowers. We hear Martha use the word violence instead of violets to characterize her marriage. This also provides a shadow of death as Ophelia gives her mad speech before drowning. I think the biggest theme of this scene, this act, and the play...... middle of paper...... At first, Nick and Honey seem to paint the perfect picture of the American dream. Here we have a beautiful young couple, and Nick is an ambitious young man who seems to be finding inevitable success, and Honey seems to be a supportive and polite woman. But as the play progresses, we realize that everything is not so beautiful! We learn the very sad truth that the only reason Nick married Honey was for the money, and also because she was pregnant. He even cheats on her with Martha, and Honey ends up drinking. All of these examples show us how Albee's ideas about the American dream were not those of the mainstream, and again, this once again confirms his reluctance to sell out. So I feel like the creation of this piece was based on truthfulness and the desire to express the truth regardless of its transfer to the big screen..