DRAMA
"Major dramatic writers were influenced and in tern influenced, the intellectual treads of their times"(Prof. Brent, syllabus). Tennessee Williams, a dramatis who's painful experiences during his earlier life contributed to impact his plays. Although he plays are not only autobiographies he did portray the members of his family in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, A Streetcar Named Desire, and The Glass Menagerie. Williams also tackles with the themes of illusion and reality in his plays. His plays are family plays that also include the themes of love, trust and continued In a Cat On a hot tin Roof, there is a difference between the realistic and unrealistic characters when they fist appear. Love is also the first theme introduced. Love that cannot be bought and trappings of the world of illusion is the single act of buying things, material objects to replace love. They play in short is about a "big family", the head of the family, Big Daddy is away with Big Mama for health reasons. Gooper is the first son, a lawyer and married to Mae. She is pregnant expecting their sixth child.
Blanch tries to fulfill her desires through younger man or boys rather. If Tom doesn't leave then he will never have the chance to live a life that he wants. Big Daddy in a way forced Brick to face his held back desires. She may be the cause of why her children also withdraw form reality as well. He withdraws himself from the world and draws his grieves in alcohol. She is looking for new suitor to make her feel beautiful. Stanley a realistic character spends his time through out the play, trying to show Stella that her sister is misleading. "Mendacity" a popular word for Big Daddy is used to describe the human relations in the play. His cancer held an illusion in the play aids, with fission of illusion and reality. Although it may seem that he will become a poet once he leaves it would be unrealistic for him not to try to peruse his passion for writing. Big Daddy also remembers the times they traveled buying antiques and furs. A Streetcar Named Desire, another plays of Williams also embarks upon the themes of reality and illusion. When he finds out that his cancer is incurable he confronts the possibility of straightening out everything before he dies. Blanche adjusts her surroundings to fit her hallucinations. She acts as if she was pure and good, denying the reason for loosing the estate and her job.
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