Blasted

Blasted is a 1995 play by British author Sarah Kane and one of the prime examples of in-yer-face theatre.

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A couple (Ian and Cate) enters a hotel room. The setting suggests a lovely scene - but in the night Ian rapes Cate. With this action he unleashes a snowball of violence. Suddenly the couple finds itself in a civil war. Cate runs away from Ian. Suddenly a soldier enters the room. He rapes Ian, eats his eyes and then kills himself. While Ian slowly dies, Cate returns to him. Cate is the light character of the play. In the beginning it seems that she is very weak but in the end she shows that her heart is filled with humanity and love - she did not forget what Ian did to her; but she sees in him a human being that requires her help.

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There are many symbols in the play. The'Flowers' represent a little beauty in a mad world. But in the 2. scene they lie on the floor - foreshadowing of more evil to come. The four seasons represent the vanity of life. Spring: awakening, love, life Winter: Dead, destruction (private & outer world),

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The rain underlines the heartlessnes of the world, but it also helps to wash away the evil.

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1995: 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. It was the first year of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous People (1995-2005): http://www.unesco.org/culture/indigenous/...

Sarah Kane: Sarah Kane (February 3, 1971 - February 20, 1999) was an English playwright. Her plays dealt uncompromisingly with themes of death, sex, violence and mental illness, and are characterised by an increasing poetic intensity, a rich affirmation of love in all its forms, and by use of sharply violent im...

In-yer-face theatre: In-yer-face theatre is a form of drama that sprang up in Great Britain in the 1990s. Created by young playwrights, it intends to involve and affect the audience by presenting vulgar, shocking, and confrontational material on the stage. The term was coined by theatre critic and teacher at Boston Univ...