The heroes are vehicles of the inexorable fate Destiny has willed for them. It is the decisions both heroes make, and the aspirations they have, that are of interest. The desire, the need for love, that drive both characters and wins their release from the severity of a willful Justice, are most important today as the world groans under wars and violence. The fact that the Hero commits a crime driven by circumstances, and then the couple pay for it dearly calls for compassion, and the fact that in their despair, they find a solution and enact it, gives them valor, respectability, and engages our support.
The script is about everybody's search for their other half, for eternal love conveyed with action, intelligence, and poetic beauty. It investigates guilt, as in the moral consequences of murder in an individual. It addresses moral values; “thou shall not covet thy neighbour's wife”, and provides an explanation as to why going against the ordained disturbs the natural order of life. The script will convey how this karmic law affects the individuals involved. It is Romeo and Juliet take Adam and Eve’s journey. Born in innocence, the script looks closely at how the knowledge of evil affects the pair. In the third act, they find redemption through love.
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