Salome

Main Ideas

• The fatality and inevitability of fate as a central theme, where characters cannot escape their destined paths.
• The power and danger of desire, especially in the context of female sexuality and its influence over men.
• The conflict between the spiritual and the carnal, expressed through the opposition of John the Baptist and Salome.
• The idea of beauty and its destructive power, where Salome's beauty becomes the cause of tragedy.
• The theme of power and manipulation, where characters use their positions to achieve personal goals.
• Motifs of the biblical story reimagined in the context of the decadence and aestheticism of the late 19th century.
• The role of Salome's dance as a symbol of seduction and destruction.