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."

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Mommy canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
theatrical character ⓘ
alignmentInWork antagonistic ⓘ
appearsIn The American Dream ⓘ
associatedWithTheme consumer culture ⓘ
family dysfunction ⓘ
gender roles ⓘ
power dynamics ⓘ
characterArc remains fundamentally unchanged ⓘ
characterType satirical caricature ⓘ
countryOfOriginContext United States ⓘ
createdBy Edward Albee ⓘ
dramaticFunction source of dark humor ⓘ
vehicle for social critique ⓘ
exercisesPowerOver Daddy (The American Dream) ⓘ
Grandma (The American Dream) ⓘ
fictionalUniverse The American Dream universe ⓘ
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) ⓘ
hasSpouse Daddy (The American Dream) ⓘ
hasVisitor Mrs. Barker (The American Dream) ⓘ
linked to: Mrs. Barker
languageStyle colloquial ⓘ
repetitive ⓘ
medium stage ⓘ
narrativeFunction drives domestic conflict ⓘ
embodies satirical target of play ⓘ
relatedWork Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? ⓘ
roleInWork central character ⓘ
symbolizes bourgeois values ⓘ
emotional sterility ⓘ
emptiness of the American Dream ⓘ
materialism in American society ⓘ
timePeriodOfSettingContext mid-20th-century America ⓘ
workFormContext one-act play ⓘ

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