A Streetcar Named Desire
             "Everything in his life is in his plays, and everything in his plays is in his life."(Elia Kazan).
             These are the Kazan's words that explains Williams and his works , because his family life and also all his works were full of tension and despair. For example his parents often argues terribly that frightened his older sister, Rose, so much that one evening she went running out of the house. His father, Cornelius, was a stern businessman who managed a shoe warehouse. Cornelius was always drinking and gambling . His mother, who was reflected as a controlling woman like ; Amanda in The Glass Menagerie, allowed Rose's doctor to study on her daughter; this event that greatly disturbed Williams who cared for Rose throughout most of her adult life. However, Tennessee, Rose and his brother Walter remained close to their mother, Edwina, often encouraging her to leave their abusive father.
             As we see there are lots of similarities between his personal life and one of his best play the The Glass Menagerie ,especially characters are so close to each other ,so we can easily say that his inspiration comes from his own family life.
             Ýn this essay although ý gave a brief explanation about The Glass Menagerie ,ý prefer to talk about his most beautifull play A Streetcar Named Desire.
             In this play William's themes concern isolation and loneliness; the difficulties of communication; the individual's solitary search for the values and meaning of the modern life ,social and cultural changes that the new life style brings.His way of explanation is to protest the system that power determimes , but he chose to use the individual's lives in his plays.Blanche represents the conservative ,traditional side of America and Stanley is the new society ;we will across with their struglle by the development of the story altough , Blanche and Stan...