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English coursework- The zoo story Edward Albee's first play, the zoo story, is about a man, who, plagued with loneliness, talks with an average American guy. The play unfolds on a bench in Central Park where Peter, our average American guy, is forced to take part in what at first seems like harmless conversation, soon turning to an act of violence. Combining a both realistic and absurd element to this piece, Albee has constructed a short but skilfully written play, dealing with issues of life in the late 1950's, where the difference in class meant that any of the few underprivileged people who hadn't joined in with the boom period of that time were left lonely and poor. The character, Jerry, was one of these few unlucky souls and Albee uses the audience's knowledge of people from this time to feed on their sympathy for Jerry during the play. The atrocities...

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