Mommy
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Mommy is a domineering, materialistic matriarch and central figure in Edward Albee’s absurdist one-act play "The American Dream."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mommy canonical | 1 |
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
literary character ⓘ theatrical character ⓘ |
| alignmentInWork | antagonistic ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The American Dream NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
consumer culture
ⓘ
family dysfunction ⓘ gender roles ⓘ power dynamics ⓘ |
| characterArc | remains fundamentally unchanged ⓘ |
| characterType | satirical caricature ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginContext | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdBy | Edward Albee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dramaticFunction |
source of dark humor
ⓘ
vehicle for social critique ⓘ |
| exercisesPowerOver |
Daddy (The American Dream)
ⓘ
Grandma (The American Dream) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | The American Dream universe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceContext | off-Broadway production of The American Dream ⓘ |
| genreOfWorkContext | absurdist drama ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
authoritarian
ⓘ
consumerist ⓘ controlling ⓘ domineering ⓘ manipulative ⓘ materialistic ⓘ status-conscious ⓘ |
| hasRelative | Grandma (The American Dream) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSpouse | Daddy (The American Dream) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasVisitor | Mrs. Barker (The American Dream) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageStyle |
colloquial
ⓘ
repetitive ⓘ |
| medium | stage ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
drives domestic conflict
ⓘ
embodies satirical target of play ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleInWork | central character ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
bourgeois values
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emotional sterility ⓘ emptiness of the American Dream ⓘ materialism in American society ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSettingContext | mid-20th-century America ⓘ |
| workFormContext | one-act play ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
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