Critisism of Tennesse Williams
Tennessee Williams' plays were influenced by the events of his life, which include his illness, his sister's breakdown, his family relations, his reaction to fame, and also his relationships with men and women. The personal events that took place in his life were depicted in his setting, events, themes, and characterization in his plays. To many Williams' is just another playwright, but to others he's a playwright with interesting views. One author says, "I am convinced that Williams is the most important playwright writing in American today," (Kahn, Pg. 71) while another disagrees and says, "Williams' writing reflects a continual preoccupation with the same themes, the same kinds of characters." (Weales, Pg. 19) While Williams' life has an influence on his plays, it has a negative and positive influence. Williams plays are a torrent of his emotions and frustrations reenacted; yet it is also the truth on how the pragmatic world is. While Williams' plays are "continual preoccupations with the same themes," they are full of pragmatic ideas, which help the reader realize the truth about life."It was in Clarksdale that Tom was struck by a serious illness which affected his life in a strange way." (Gould, Pg. 226) At age five, Tom s
Another example, are Jim from Glass Menagerie and Stanley from Streetcar. She had a collection of glass figurines. 228)Another adjustment that proved a serious problem to Tom and his sister was the dominant presence of their father. 226)Laura, in his play, was a subtle girl who stayed indoors and didn't have friends. He played with her all the time whether in their backyard or in their sitting room. He was basically "raping" her with his mean-temper and lashings that it drove her to her mental breakdown. If Williams' life wasn't so dramatic, maybe the his literature wouldn't have been viewed in so many ways by so many people. William blamed the death on himself. This is how Williams' pictured what his father was doing to his sister. In the play A Streetcar Named Desire, the character Stanley, who was also an emissary from the real world, with his gambling and drinking, was like Williams' father. is an attempt to define the characters directly or ironically.
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