At the end of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1962), after George has intoned the Mass of the Dead for the imaginary child who has been exorcised, and after Honey and Nick have been educated out of selfishness into mutuality and sent home to bed, George and Martha are left alone to live on without any comforting illusion. It is early Sunday morning, but the mood is one of doubt and uncertainty. Although, as George insists, “It was . . . time” for them to alter the foundation that has kept their marriage working, he can only offer a tentative assurance that “maybe” now “It will be better”; and even though Martha asserts that she is “cold” and “afraid,” there can be no turning back - though she will be able to depend upon his strength and support (as he “puts his hand gently on her shoulder”) to help see them through whatever new terrors might come. For in Albee, embracing change, while essential for growth, is always frightening because it means facing the unknown.