What are the motifs in Three Tall Women by Edward Albee?

Three Tall Women is somewhat unique in its presentation of gender differences. It is an honest, sympathetic play about women. Women in the play are multi-faceted creatures, capable of both petty jealousies and noble gestures.

The absence of male characters in the play is conspicuous. Men are only talked about, and the single male character that appears on stage, the "tall woman's" son, never speaks a word. Yet the woman's relationship with men, in particular her husband and her son, have profoundly affected her life.