Blood Relations | Themes
Truth
The question is raised what is truth1? The Actress asks, "Did you do it1?" A question to which Lizzie does not—or cannot—respond. Emma asks her regularly, a litany each day. "Did you—did you—did you1?" And Lizzie is again mute. Throughout the play there are more questions raised than answered. The audience would expect empirical evidence, and the play produces the Defense attorney who questions the suspect and her maid. But their authenticity, their authority are in question because the events are being recounted by Lizzie. By presenting the evidence of the...
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