What are the motifs in Tiny Alice by Edward Albee?

Sexuality is a recurring idea. Tiny Alice ripples with both heterosexual and homosexual energy. The opening scene of the play, acted out between Cardinal and Lawyer, is filled with hostility, yet it makes numerous references to sexual tensions that have existed over the years between the men. Lawyer speaks of the "obeisance " that he used to demand from Cardinal, who in turn reminds his enemy that Lawyer's nickname, Hyena, derived from the animal's habit of eating its prey through the anus.