In The American Dream and The Sandbox, Albee has used some of the superficial elements of the absurd tradition to make a penetrating statement about the American family and American values. With The Death of Bessie Smith and Tiny Alice, Albee has attempted a complete fusion of styles. In Who' s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Albee moves into a formal style. At times Albee shifts abruptly into a surrealistic style, as in The Zoo Story and A Delicate-Balance. In his naturalistic plays, which include The Zoo Story, The Death of Bessie Smith, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Tiny Alice and A Delicate Balance, Albee has uniquely combined past literary styles. His plays belong for the most part, however, in the Naturalist-Symbolist school. His style has changed from time to time over the years, swinging from a naturalistic style to an absurd style and back again.
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