Sisters’ Relationship in Beth Henley’s Crimes of the Heart

Abstract

Sisters’ relationship is an important purpose for every female. Beth Henley is one of the most important playwrights who focuses on the theme of Sisters’ relationship in their drama. Therefore, this study attempts to show the importance of the relationship among sisters to challenge all obstacles in the community. Beth Henley has succeeded in providing a new vision of females’ reunite to face their unavoidable tragic destinies and how to overcome their misery. From a feminist point of view, the sister relationship is a unique theme that has been tackled in feminist writings. Sisters’ reunite is the heart of the feminist movement which focuses on solidarity, the acts of sharing and supporting each other. A Sister relationship is a type of alliance or union among females, to make them feel more powerful together. Consequently, it is understood as a common obverse to compete with males. It encourages all women to come together in order to struggle for shifting their subordinated position caused by male patriarchy. Therefore, they can form strong bonds with each other, empowering them to make new life choices. Furthermore, they emphasize their selfhood by means of upward mobility, sexual freedom, or the rejection of woman’s reproductive imperative by their relationship. The present study shows the three sisters have succeed in establishing their personhood when they come together to compromise with the dominant ways, as well as the regional, cultural communal awareness. Further, the sisters' relationship is the process of finding truth; gaining an understanding of females’ motivations, and desires. Therefore, Beth Henley is one of the most prominent feminist playwrights who are concerned with the theme of sister reunion or relationship. The message at the heart of Beth Henley's play Crimes of the Heart (1982), is that sisters’ reunite are the only chance that can save women from the traps of other people's perception and suicide