Expectations:
When I first heard of Crimes of the Heart, I didn’t have any expectations for the play, because I had never heard of it before. I did however look forward to seeing the play because the only non- high school production I had seen was Shear Madness, so this would be a new experience for me. I believed that it could be a hit or a miss, but either way, I wouldn’t mind. However, as time went on, my expectations began to grow. That was because I started to hear more about Crimes of the Heart in a positive light, especially from Professor Budd. When I learned that the play would feature three sisters, I immediately imagined that being my mother and her two sisters, so created a connection for me to the play. In addition, when I learned …show more content…
Although I immediately knew that Babe and Barnette would never a romantic relationship, the two characters did have a connection. From the awkward handshakes to Babe unknowingly caressing Barnette.
Idea:
Recurring themes in Crimes of the Heart were suicide/mental illness and sex. The idea of mental illness is revealed when it proposed that Babe have an insanity plea for shooting Zackery. When the audience learns that the Magrath sister’s mother committed suicide, the theme of suicide is also revealed. These two comparative themes appear throughout the play, from Babe stating how she considered killing herself before shooting Zackery to actual attempting suicide twice, to Zackery threatening to send Babe to a mental asylum, to Meg stating that she had to go to a mental institution for some time.
Although sex never appeared in the play, there were several allusions to sex and similar contact. In the beginning of the play, when Chick pats and then gropes Doc Porter’s chest, it shows that more scenes similar to that may appear. In the play, Meg and Babe gossip about Lenny’s sex life. Also, when Babe confesses that she had a sexual relationship with Willie Jay, she is very physically dramatic about how she describes
When I first heard of Crimes of the Heart, I didn’t have any expectations for the play, because I had never heard of it before. I did however look forward to seeing the play because the only non- high school production I had seen was Shear Madness, so this would be a new experience for me. I believed that it could be a hit or a miss, but either way, I wouldn’t mind. However, as time went on, my expectations began to grow. That was because I started to hear more about Crimes of the Heart in a positive light, especially from Professor Budd. When I learned that the play would feature three sisters, I immediately imagined that being my mother and her two sisters, so created a connection for me to the play. In addition, when I learned …show more content…
Although I immediately knew that Babe and Barnette would never a romantic relationship, the two characters did have a connection. From the awkward handshakes to Babe unknowingly caressing Barnette.
Idea:
Recurring themes in Crimes of the Heart were suicide/mental illness and sex. The idea of mental illness is revealed when it proposed that Babe have an insanity plea for shooting Zackery. When the audience learns that the Magrath sister’s mother committed suicide, the theme of suicide is also revealed. These two comparative themes appear throughout the play, from Babe stating how she considered killing herself before shooting Zackery to actual attempting suicide twice, to Zackery threatening to send Babe to a mental asylum, to Meg stating that she had to go to a mental institution for some time.
Although sex never appeared in the play, there were several allusions to sex and similar contact. In the beginning of the play, when Chick pats and then gropes Doc Porter’s chest, it shows that more scenes similar to that may appear. In the play, Meg and Babe gossip about Lenny’s sex life. Also, when Babe confesses that she had a sexual relationship with Willie Jay, she is very physically dramatic about how she describes