Fathers and sons : family relationships in Sam Shepard's buried child and true west

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The idea of the happy, functional family where each member willingly performs his or her role is completely shattered in the American playwright's drama, Sam Shepard.

He paints a disturbing image of the contemporary American family that consists of three character types: the father, the mother and the son.

The research aims at studying these character types and their loveless relationships in Shepard's Buried Child and True West