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Any tips! Vicky

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I agree about love as a main theme.

Another theme that recurs is the oppressor and the victim. In Blasted Ian oppresses Cate, and the soldier oppresses Ian. But the soldier dies first then Ian.

And in Skin, the oppressor is very soon the victim.

Crave and Cleansed also include this theme.

Iain

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Hi Jess, Thanks very much. Sometimes it's reassuring to hear someone else agreeys with you in the real word and not just on a page. Thanks again.

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I have to agree that her main theme is love, and all the plays will provide you with plenty of material there.

I have always believed that her main motivation for writing was personal catharsis; all her plays were written to express her own deep emotions. If you read Aleks Sierz's book In-Yer-Face Theatre, you will read about how she came to write Blasted (affected by seeing the Yugoslav war on TV) and Phaedra's Love (reaction to an unhappy time in her love life). She wrote Cleansed at a time when she was happy in a relationship - hence the message of the redemptive power of love - and wrote Crave when that relationship broke down - hence the theme of obsessive and lost love.

Hope this helps.

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Hi, I was wondering if any one could help me. I am writing my dissertation on Sarah Kane, and so far I have consentrated on the critical response to her plays, and the changes of opinions. Now I'm wrting about her plays and the fact that her main theme is that of 'love'. Is there anything you think I should look at in particular, if indeed you think that her main theme is that of 'love' or something else. Cheers, Vicky.

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