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ReadingreportofAmericanDream AmericanDreamiswrittenbyEdwardAlbeewhowasbornonMarch12,1928,inWashington,DC.TheAmericanDreammarksthebeginningofAmericanabsurdistdrama.Its’characterincludesGrandma,Mommy,Daddy,theyoungmanandMrs.Barker. Theironiccommentatoroftheplay,Grandmastandsinforthefigureofthe“absurdist”dramaturge,ultimatelyexitingtheframeoftheactiontobecomeitsdirector.Thissurprisingexitandherimmediatecrossingbetweenthespaceoftheactionandthespaceofthetheaterisprefiguredbyhermarginalpositioninthehousehold,whatAlbeeoffersasanallegoryforthe“AmericanScene”. Anarchetypal“badmother”,Mommyisthehousehold’ssadisticdisciplinarian,dismissingGrandmaandinfantilizingDaddyateveryturn.Ashouseholddisciplinarian,MommyemasculatesDaddyrelentlessly,mockinghisaspirationhisspeechinapatronizingfashion,terrorizinghimintoobedience,andonward. UnderMommy’sreignofterror,Daddyisanegativeentity.BenttoMommy’swill,hereliesonherentirelyfortheconfirmationofhismasculinity.Asanumberofcriticshavenoted,suchritualsofdemonstrationandthepublichumiliationthatensues,aretypicalofmasochisticfantasy. Ablond,Midwesternbeauty,theYoungMandescribeshimselfasa“type”;upontheirintroductions,Grandmadubshimthe“AmericanDream”.Heistheproductofthemurderofhislostidenticaltwinthatstandsagainsthiminhisphysicaldeformity. TheAmericanDreamisanallegoryofthe“AmericanScene”goneaway;ascenetypedherebyasadisticMommy,emasculatedDaddy,andembitteredGrandma.TheplayimagineswhatisleftoftheAmericanDreamintheirsharedhousehold;Albee’sallegoryoftheAmericanDreamiscertainlystrange.TheAmericanDreamdoesnotappearasthatwhichonelivesoutorevenasideology,butasapersonandpossession.SowhenwereadAmericanDream,wecanseeasinisteraccountoftheAmericanDream.Albeeimaginesitasamaskdisemboweledofmanandhisexcesses.