The Brothers
Just because Austin and Lee can be seen as symbols doesn't mean they shouldn't be viewed as living, breathing characters. These two men have very real desires and conflicts, and their function in t...
The Coyotes
There is a production note in Sam Shepard's Seven Plays regarding the coyotes of True West. It pretty much sums up their symbolic role in this play:The Coyote of Southern California has a distinct...
The Houseplants
If the coyotes symbolize the raw, animal mayhem that takes over the play, the houseplants symbolize the normalcy that is destroyed. While at his mom's house to write, Austin is supposed to water th...