Whose afraid of virginia woolf themes para el jueves

Sex Theme
1. George and Martha's sex life
  1. Inactive
    1. their loveless, disfunctional and sickly relationship didn't create a suitable atmosphere for the making of love
2. Nick sleeps with Martha
  1. Possible reasons
    1. Physical attraction
    2. her father is his boss
      1. could benefit his job
    3. Martha wanted to have sex with him
      1. She was in total control
    4. he felt anger towards George
      1. Revenge
    5. his wife may not satisfy him
    6. he might not feel lust for his wife
      1. Sex life is not very active perhaps
3. Martha's infidelity
  1. Has intercourse with Nick
  2. previous affairs
  3. George knew this
  4. invited "handsome" guests
4. George rejects Martha's advances
  1. is furious towards her
  2. wanted to show to her that her flirtarious methods didn't affect him
  3. this shows that HE is the one in control
Marriage Theme
1. Love and Hate
  1. Nick and Honey
    1. They seem to love each other
    2. Finish the novel in bad terms
    3. Nick just wanted honey's money
    4. they got married because of honeys fake pregnancy
  2. George and Martha
    1. They seem to hate each other
    2. They finish the novel in good terms
    3. Martha says failed in life and in work
    4. they treat badly to each other
    5. invented a son
    6. Martha is also dissatisfied with herself
    7. Martha lost her hopes in george's career
2. Both of them were done for economic interest
Theme of Character's dissastisfaction
1. Careers
  1. Geoerge : History profesor
    1. never was the head of the history department
  2. Nick : biology professor
2. Make them bitter
3. Drive their actions
  1. Martha´s drinking
  2. George's Control in act 3
  3. Nick having sex with martha
  4. Martha's criticism to george
4. George
  1. George is a sad man
  2. martha's favorite pastime seems to be humiliating George
  3. he's never moved up the ladder at the university
  4. failure of George's novel because of martha's father
  5. killed his mother and father
  6. some part of George wishes Martha would die just like his mother did.
5. martha
  1. have something of a career through her husband.
  2. Martha is so angry all the time because society has trapped her
  3. martha hates herself so much
  4. Martha's dissatisfaction with George lies more in the fact that he actually loves her, than the fact that he's failed in life.
6. nick
  1. frustated with his life with honey
  2. lack of true affection for Honey

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