The young man lets grandma know her time has come to die. All are connected with getting old, death and burial. The grandma seems to be old, fragile, senile and difficult to care for. the chore of caring for her own mother.Īfter the Mommy and Daddy place the grandma in the sandbox they just sit and wait for her to die. Her daughter took her in after she married and the grandma lived with them until she died.
The characters Mommy and Daddy are husband and wife they paint a picture of a typical bossy older woman and a submissive husband. Pointing out the dysfunctional family, Edward Albee begins his non-direct approach to the subject of death and burial. Each person has to pull out his or her own meanings.
The characters of the play each take on a personal outlook and each with a roll in life. The sandbox by Edward Albee is a play that conveys an underlying message of elderly care, senility and death. As he directs her to be still, he reveals that he is the Angel of Death and says, ".I am come for you." Even though he says his line like a real amateur, Grandma compliments him and closes her eyes with a smile. It is at this moment that the Young Man finally stops performing his calisthenics and approaches Grandma and the sandbox. Although Grandma, who is lying down half buried in sand, has continued to mock the mourning of Mommy and Daddy, she soon realizes that she can no longer move. As daylight resumes, Mommy briefly weeps by the sandbox before quickly exiting with Daddy. Acknowledging that the sounds are literally coming from off-stage and not from thunder or breaking waves, Mommy knows that Grandma's death is here. Once brightest day has become deepest night, Mommy and Daddy hear on-stage rumbling. While still talking with the Young Man, she reminds someone off-stage that it should be nighttime by now. Grandma feels comfortable talking with the Young Man as he treats her like a human being (whereas Mommy and Daddy imply through their actions and dialog that she is more of a chore that they must take care of). Grandma and the Young Man begin to converse with each other. As Mommy and Daddy cease to acknowledge Grandma while they wait, Grandma reverts from her childish behavior and begins to speak coherently to the audience. Throughout the play, the Young Man is very pleasant, greeting the other characters with a smile as he says, "Hi!". As Mommy and Daddy wait nearby in some chairs, the Musician plays off and on according to what the other characters instruct him to do. Mommy and Daddy have brought Grandma all the way out from the city and place her in the sandbox. Beginning with brightest day, the Young Man is performing calisthenics (which he continues to do until the very end of the play) near a sandbox (or sandpit) at the beach.
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