Prof. Richard F. Johnson
For up to 5 points of Extra Credit, write a thesis-driven, three-page essay in which you express your view on the following prompt:
To what extent does the Mike Nichol’s movie version of Edward Albee’s play Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (with Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor) present or expand on the major themes of the play? The themes you might consider include love and hate, reality vs illusion, games and war, history vs biology, and the American Dream. Does the movie successfully capture the essence of Albee’s play? If so, how and why? If not, why not?