Honey is a secondary and irrelevant character in the play. How far to do you agree with this statement?

How is Honey presented? Character description 26, a petite blonde girl, rather plain Honey completes the ‘Eternal Rest’ prayer – ‘Et lux perpetua luceat eis’. This completes the funeral for Martha’s imaginary child and perhaps gives her own children the funerals they were never given? How is Honey presented? Is Honey even her real name? Connotes sweetness, cloying nature Deliberately obtuse to Nick and Martha’s flirting. Is she being used to show the fakeness of American society? She is ambitious within the confines of 1962 society. Goes to the party to support Nick. Aware of the need to make important social connections. Earlier versions of the play revealed she took birth control pills but Albee changed this in versions from 2005. George suggests she’s been bringing on miscarriages through ‘apple jelly’. Or perhaps the ‘slim hipped’ Honey really is infertile? Preacher’s daughter but religion doesn’t appear to have shaped her morals. However, she is sweet, passive and polite – deals in appearances. She is the butt of George’s jokes and jibes – dim-witted.

Alcohol/Avoids reality Childlike Alcohol/Avoids reality Act 1 (p.9 – 14) Act 1 (p.39 – 46) Truth and illusion Act 2 (p.49 – 78) Children Act 2 (p. 93 – 96) Drunkenness Act 3 (p. 112 -114) Final revelation Act 3 (118 – 125)