Crimes Of The Heart By Beth He
The play, “Crimes of the Heart,” written by Beth Henley, is
brilliantly charming, and Henley is completely deserving of her
Pulitzer-Prize for this piece. My mother suggested I read this play
because she says that I am very much like one of the main characters
Lenny Magrath, and she said that I would be able to relate to many parts
of the story. I found that the beginning of the play was somewhat slow
and not very uplifting, but as the play progressed, I found it to be
heart-warming, intriguing, and overall very entertaining.
Henley, being from the South herself, wrote many of her plays in a
small southern town setting. The intended meaning of this play is one
that can be interpreted in ...
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a very important
key factor in their difficult lives. The bonds formed between the
members of your own family is one of the most “solid” things in life,
and in turn should always be something you can count on.
The plays’ title “Crimes of the Heart,” relates directly to the
play in many key ways that Henley makes evident as the play progresses.
The three sisters, all lead very separate lives and are very individual
in their characters and personalities but all, in one way or another,
commit “crimes of the heart.” But I believe that the title is derived
directly from Babe’s situation. She has the most problems, from an
abusive husband, to trying to find love in a secret relationship with a
15 year old black boy named Willie Jay. When her husband, Zachary
Botrelle, discovers this relationship, Babe attempts to kill him and is
placed on trial for this attempted homicide. The title is thus derived.
However, it is also, I believe, a crime not to follow your heart's
desires. The play had ...
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between the two of us, which is that I am not an
overall unhappy person. She made her misery her life, when it should
have just been issues that she had to deal with and move on form like
most people do. I believe that the audience can relate to many parts of
the play in one way or another. Whether it is having dealt with death
of a close family member, or a relative that shares some of the
qualities of the three sisters.
Beth Henley, was a southern woman, growing up in a small
Mississippi town. She is acknowledged as a scholar, and best known for
writing plays combining comedy and suffering, and capture the essence of
‘southern living,’ in settings of small towns in the South. ...
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