Albee's characters forced the audience to wonder if some day near the end they won't wake up and find themselves hollow and afraid. 阿尔比塑造的人物迫使观众寻思,是否在他们人生快要终结的某一天,醒来后并没有发现自己感到空虚和害怕。
Albee said it didn't make sense that if Julie truly feared that Mark was plotting to kill her, as she told friends and police, that she wouldn't leave him. 阿尔比说,它搞不明白,如果朱莉真正担心马克密谋杀害她,因为她告诉朋友和警方,都认为她不会离开他。