THEME OF INCEST AND DISLOYAL IN SAM SHEPARD’S BURIED CHILD

Sam Shepard was born by the name Samuel Shepard Rogers on November 5, 1943 in Fort Sheridan, Illinois. Sam Shepard has gained fame as one of America’s foremost living playwrights. He became an archetypal symbol of American self-made man and has been identified “a true American hero”. His first full-length play, La Turista, was performed at the American Place Theatre in 1967. His popular play Buried Child won the Pultizer Prize. In the first Act of this play, Shepard highlighted the bewilderment between characters, just because of innocent son and crazy performance of an old man. Second Act focused to reveal secret of family from the past. Tension and violence increased through the way of dishonest and the act of incest. In the Third Act, Shepard finalized the character Vince as the real heir of that family. Innocent character Tilden appeared with Buried child finally.