The Zoo Story (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Edward Albee
- First Published: 1959
- Type of Work: Play
- Type of Plot: Absurdist
- Time of Work: A Sunday afternoon in summer, in the late 1950’s
- Setting: Central Park, New York City
- Genres: Existential literature, Drama, Absurdist literature
- Subjects: 1950’s, New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, Suicide, New York City, Communication, Alienation, Death or dying, Publishing or publishers
- Locales: New York, NY, Central Park, NY
Characters Discussed
Peter, an executive for a publishing house. An average-sized and nearsighted man in his early forties, Peter has Catholic tastes and dresses conservatively; he is an upper-class representative of the Eisenhower years. His family life is predictably normal: a good wife, two daughters, two cats, two parakeets, and a nice apartment in the East Seventies of Manhattan. His attitude reflects his status: He is naïve, complacent, passive, proper, and a bit bored. His intention on this afternoon was to read quietly in Central Park. A stranger, Jerry, interrupts him...
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