The American Dream
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The American Dream is a one-act absurdist play by Edward Albee that satirically critiques the emptiness and materialism underlying mid-20th-century American family life and values.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The American Dream canonical | 6 |
| American Dream | 2 |
| the American Dream | 2 |
| The American Dream I | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T970728 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The American Dream Context triple: [Edward Albee, notableWork, The American Dream]
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A.
An American Dream
"An American Dream" is a 1965 novel by Norman Mailer that blends psychological drama, crime, and social critique to explore violence, masculinity, and moral decay in mid-20th-century America.
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B.
American Dream
The American Dream is the ideal that every person in the United States can achieve prosperity, success, and upward social mobility through hard work and opportunity.
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C.
The American Way
The American Way is a 1939 Broadway patriotic pageant-play co-written by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman that dramatizes the experiences of an immigrant family across generations in the United States.
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D.
Strength to Love
Strength to Love is a collection of sermons and essays by Martin Luther King Jr. that explores Christian theology, nonviolence, and the moral foundations of the civil rights movement.
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E.
The Epic of America
The Epic of America is a 1931 historical and cultural study by James Truslow Adams that famously popularized and defined the concept of the “American Dream.”
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The American Dream Target entity description: The American Dream is a one-act absurdist play by Edward Albee that satirically critiques the emptiness and materialism underlying mid-20th-century American family life and values.
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A.
An American Dream
"An American Dream" is a 1965 novel by Norman Mailer that blends psychological drama, crime, and social critique to explore violence, masculinity, and moral decay in mid-20th-century America.
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B.
American Dream
The American Dream is the ideal that every person in the United States can achieve prosperity, success, and upward social mobility through hard work and opportunity.
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C.
The American Way
The American Way is a 1939 Broadway patriotic pageant-play co-written by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman that dramatizes the experiences of an immigrant family across generations in the United States.
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D.
Strength to Love
Strength to Love is a collection of sermons and essays by Martin Luther King Jr. that explores Christian theology, nonviolence, and the moral foundations of the civil rights movement.
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E.
The Epic of America
The Epic of America is a 1931 historical and cultural study by James Truslow Adams that famously popularized and defined the concept of the “American Dream.”
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
absurdist play
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one-act play ⓘ satirical play ⓘ |
| author | Edward Albee ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
alienation
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breakdown of family values ⓘ commodification of human relationships ⓘ critique of the American Dream ideology ⓘ emotional sterility ⓘ |
| character |
Daddy
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Grandma ⓘ Mommy ⓘ Mrs. Barker ⓘ The Young Man ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| critiques |
conformity in American middle-class life
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emotional and moral vacuity ⓘ superficial success ideals ⓘ |
| dramaticDevice |
exaggeration to expose social hypocrisy
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metatheatrical elements ⓘ symbolic characters ⓘ |
| dramaticStructure | one-act continuous action ⓘ |
| form | stage play ⓘ |
| genre |
absurdist theatre
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black comedy ⓘ satire ⓘ |
| literarySignificance |
important early work in Albee’s career
ⓘ
key example of American absurdist drama ⓘ |
| notableCharacterRole | Grandma as a voice of subversive wisdom ⓘ |
| numberOfActs | 1 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| periodOfWork | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor |
The Sandbox
ⓘ
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? ⓘ
linked to:
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
|
| setting | an American living room ⓘ |
| style |
absurdist situations
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non-naturalistic dialogue ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
American family life
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consumer culture ⓘ emptiness of modern values ⓘ materialism ⓘ mid-20th-century American society ⓘ |
| theatricalMovement | Theatre of the Absurd ⓘ |
| tone |
darkly comic
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satirical ⓘ |
| workByAuthor | Edward Albee play ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The American Dream Description of subject: The American Dream is a one-act absurdist play by Edward Albee that satirically critiques the emptiness and materialism underlying mid-20th-century American family life and values.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Act One (influential theatre memoir)
linked to: The American Dream
linked to: The American Dream
linked to: The American Dream
linked to: The American Dream