“I've always written just to escape from hell - and it never worked - but on the other side when you sit there and look at something and think it's the most perfect expression of the hell I felt so maybe it was worth it. (Sarah Kane, Royal Holloway College, London, 3 November 1998).” (Saunders. 2002: 1). Representative and reflected in this statement by the British playwright Sarah Kane (1971-1999) (Sierz. 2001: 90-91) is the state of the human being. In its literal sense the state of the human being could be illustrated as an expression of existence. That of the individual and the characteristics and traits experienced through the life of mortal man. (Oxford English Dictionary. 2006: 61 and 366). In addition to that, the meaning associated with the word "tested" suggests "a difficult situation that reveals the strength or quality of someone or something." (Oxford English Dictionary. 2006: 785). If defined in these terms, this opens up the question of how an expression of human existence reveals itself under pressure in Sarah Kane's play Blasted (1995). The sensational first drama by twentieth-century British playwright Sarah Kane (1971-1999). premiered at the Royal Court Theater Upstairs, London, in January 1995. (Saunders. 2002: 2). From the beginning, Kane's play sparked a lot of controversy in the media. The title itself has had a great impact on its audience, as, through its formed meaning and literal association, it is a term that "expresses annoyance". (Oxford English Dictionary. 2006: 70). As British theater critic Aleks Sierz stated, Kane's Blasted is “a shocking work whose crude language and powerful images of rape, stratagem and cannibalism provoked critical outrage… Kane blew up the theatre… middle of paper... ...tp://www.robertsilverstone.com/wp-content/articles/Art_of_Being_Human_Part1.pdf. [Accessed 21 April 2012]Stephens, S. (2010) Blasted returns, Sarah Kane's debut comedy. [Online] Available from: http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2010/oct/24/sarah-kane-blasted. [Accessed 21 April 2012]The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, (2009) War. [Online] Available from: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/war. [Accessed 21 April 2012]The Guardian, (2005) 'Art of suicide? She's better than that." [Online] Available from: http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2005/oct/12/theatre. [Accessed 21 April 2012] Wixson, C. ( 2005) “In Better Places”: space, identity and alienation in Sarah Kane's Blasted [Online] Available from: http://muse.jhu.edu.ezproxy.falmouth.ac.uk/journals/comparative_drama/summary. /v039/39.1.wixson.html. [Accessed 19 April 2012]