"A Street Car Named Desire"

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The paper describes how the majority of Williams' work is set in the American South, and depicts a gothic feel of the area in which the contemporary decay is pitted against the old refined ways of previous generations. The paper further analyzes the character of Blanche Du Bois from "A Street Car Name Desire". The paper discusses how Williams claimed that the overarching theme in this play was the negative impact that conventional society has upon the sensitive nonconformist individual.

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"Laura is based on Williams' sister, who had a frontal lobotomy with her parents' approval and who spent most of life in an institution (Jacobs). Tom is based on Williams himself, who went to work at a shoe factory to help support the family while his father traveled as a traveling salesman (Jacobs). He also explored issues such as homosexuality, sex, domestic violence, and the falsehood of religion within his work, which usually shocked his audiences (Jacobs)."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Haley Darryl E. "Thomas Lanier Williams." East Tennessee State University. Retrieved February 28 2006 from: http://www.etsu.edu/haleyd/twbio.html
• Jacobs, Justin. "American Literature Web Resources: Tennessee Williams. Millikin University. Retrieved February 28 2006 from:http://www.millikin.edu/aci/Crow/chronology/twilliamsbio.html
• Williams, Tennessee: 1911-1983. Retrieved February 28 2006 from:http://www.swisseduc.ch/english/readinglist/williamst/

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