Wedding Band Themes

Wedding Band Themes

Julia, a black woman, is in love with Herman, who is white. The play takes place over a period of three days when Herman's illness forces the main characters to deal with issues that have shaped their lives for ten years.

Alienation and Loneliness

Alienation and loneliness are important themes in Wedding Band, because they accurately describe the reality of Julia's life. Because of her love for a white man, Julia is alienated from her own race. She is not accepted by black society and rejected by her own white culture, and she has been forced to move several times by prying neighbors who disapprove of her interracial love affair with Herman. Because marriage and cohabitation between blacks and whites is forbidden by South Carolina law, Julia must isolate herself or risk being prosecuted and punished by legal authorities.

Human Rights

Human Rights is an important issue, since the major conflict in Wedding...
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