Salomé Themes

In the case of Salomé, it's not so much sex as lust, lust, lust. Crazy rabid desire manifests itself in many different ways: in the innocent longing of the young Syrian (aww), in the incestuous lu...

Spoiler alert: there's a ton o' death in Salomé. Like, this play makes Game of Thrones look pretty tame. At the beginning of the play, death is something to be administered by kings—all it takes...

Nothing is stable in the world of Salomé. Seriously: nothing. Something as simple as the moon means different things to different people. A young man seems like he's centuries old. New omens crop...

Um, we kind of wish that what happened in Herod's palace stayed in Herod's palace, Vegas-style. Instead, we have Salomé to remind us.It all comes down to Eve: that's Jokanaan's position, and a lot...

Religion in Salomé is a pretty gloomy thing. Yes, the Nazarenes tell Herod that their Messiah is performing miracles and even raising people from the dead. This is but a small bright spot, however...

Salomé is a play of transformations, and these transformations are as dramatic as they are inexplicable. The most obvious of them is Salomé's metamorphosis into a lust-driven young woman, but tha...

Power and control is constantly changing hands in Salomé. Herod is king, but he fears Jokanaan; he is the father of Salomé…and yet he is bound to do what she asks. In fact Herod—the guy you'd...

Fear is a powerful thing in Salomé and nowhere do we see that more than in the person of Herod. Fear puts him on the same level as his prisoner Jokanaan, and it undermines his ability to rule. He'...