Breaking the Traumatic Silence of Child Abuse in Lucy Prebble’s The Sugar Syndrome

Abstract

The Sugar Syndrome is a play by Lucy Prebble that discovers the traumatic effects of child abuse through the eyes of a adolescent girl called Dani. The play explores the silence and taboo surrounding child abuse, as well as the sensitive and inner toll it takes on its victims. Through Dani's story, the work highpoints the position of breaking the silence and talking about abuse to heal and find fairness and at the same time it features topics of power dynamics, management, and trust in its plot. The Sugar Syndrome is an influential work that sheds light on the overwhelming reality of child abuse and the status of addressing it to back up survivors and avoid further harm. Furthermore, the play also inspects the impact of child abuse on the perpetrator and the complicated psychological aspects that contribute to abusive behaviour. In this respect, the purpose of this study is to search for the traumatic effects of child abuse in Lucy Prebble’s The Sugar Syndrome by precisely concentrating on the sufferings of young generation.