: The play's antagonist and a "model of a bad mother". Battling oral cancer and a severe addiction to prescription pills, she uses her illness and trauma as a weapon to maintain control over her children.
As the family gathers, the "support" they offer one another quickly dissolves into psychological warfare, fueled by Violet’s vitriolic, drug-induced "truth-telling". August: Osage County
: Often classified as a dark comedy or a modern Southern Gothic drama, it uses grotesque family dynamics to provide a "scintillating criticism" of the modern American family structure. : The play's antagonist and a "model of a bad mother"