Discoveries can have a great impact on a person’s sense of self. They can affect people emotionally, physically, socially and more. This form of discovery is emphasized in Away as the audience follows the story of 3 families Vic/Harry/Tom, Coral/Roy and Gwen/Jim/Meg and their journey of self-discovery, which ultimately changes their relationships and lives for the better. Gow clearly represents that discoveries can have a meaningful impact on a persons sense of self and self-discovery through his portrayal of characters and themes and use of techniques. Themes and issues emerge in Away through the characters environment, situations and events that transpire. Themes that Gow addresses include death, reconciliation/revival and nature as a healing force. Death is explored throughout the whole course of the play in relation to multiple characters but has a strong focus on Tom and his family. It is given an additional sadness as the play focuses on death in youth when life is full of promise. Tom reads Lear’s opening speech during this scene, the plays close. “And it’s our first intent, to shake all cares and business from our age, conferring them on younger strengths, while we unburden crawl towards death”. This depicts that death is inevitable and there is a tone of sadness as Tom is speaking these words as his impending death draws closer. The quote highlights themes from birth to death and is significant as Away is about life’s journey The theme of reconciliation/revival occurs commonly throughout the play. All the characters would like to be ‘away’ somewhere else because no one except Tom is happily living in the present. The rest are caught in past problems that they need to overcome in order to lead full lives until a discovery in the play changes that. An example is for Coral it’s her discovering a relationship with Tom. For Gwen and Jim it’s finding out about Toms looming death. After this the characters real