Buried Child
What is the theme in Buried Child by Sam Shepard?
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I think the failure and illusion of the American dream is a big theme in this play. In this dark vision of the American Midwest, Shepard presents the disintegration of the American family and suggests that, as a culture, Americans have wealth but a lack of values and morality.