20 pages 40 minutes read

Beth Henley

Crimes of the Heart

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1982

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Essay Topics

1.

What is the role of secrets in each character’s life?  

2.

Babe is in a precarious legal position at the end of the play. What do you think will happen to her? What do you think should happen to her?  

3.

What does the hurricane represent for each of the characters?