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In "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?", who is Virginia Woolf?

  • A character's mother

  • A character's wife

  • A character's sister

  • A reference to the author, not a character

Answer

In the play "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?", the character George mentions the author Virginia Woolf as a way to belittle his wife, Martha. He suggests that she is just as crazy as Woolf was, and that their marriage is just as dysfunctional. This is a reference to Woolf's mental illness, which she struggled with throughout her life.
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