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Freud and Tennessee Williams' "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof", 2007.
This paper analyzes Sigmund Freud's "The Interpretation of Dreams" and "Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality" and then applies these theories to a psychoanalytical reading of Tennessee Williams' "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof".
3,785 words (approx. 15.1 pages), 25 sources, MLA, $ 104.95
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This paper argues that Sigmund Freud's psychoanalytic concepts illustrated in "The Interpretation of Dreams" and "Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality", which examine the discipline of dreams and sexuality, their implications and inner mechanisms, are significant tools for interpreting human behavior and intrinsic to learning critical theory. The author points out that, nonetheless, these theories are not strictly scientific, are not free from the taint of Freud's gross generalizations and sometimes represent his chauvinistic mindset. The author then uses these tools to disect Tennessee Williams' "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" and in doing so, aligns himself with both critics who stress the inherent nature of Freud's theories in Tennessee Williams' "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" as well as with the critics who assert that examining the play from a strictly psychoanalytic perspective can limit and compartmentalize certain of its dramatic elements and themes. The paper includes many quotations.
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"The theories in "Interpretation" are linked to ideas presented in "Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality", which is considered an equally prominent and definitive publication in Freud's career. Although "Three Essays" does not include case studies, it also closely examines the nature of sexuality, which begins in early childhood and, like the nature of dreams, is ridden with angst and hidden meanings. According to Freud, sexuality is the driving force for repression, neurosis, and hysteria. One exemplary concept is castration anxiety, an idea involving a deep-rooted fear originating from the phallic stage in young men."
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"The Glass Menagerie" by Tennessee Williams, 2001.
An examination of the effects an absent father can have on his family as seen by Tennessee Williams.
877 words (approx. 3.5 pages), 0 sources, $ 31.95
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In this paper the author looks at the characters in this play by Tennessee Williams. The author notes that despite the main character actual absence absent from the play, he has a profound impact on all the other characters and all their actions and emotions are centered on him. The author concludes by suggesting that Williams wrote the play as an outlet for his own emotions.
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?Tennessee Williams uses this play as an outlet for his own pain, and his characters take on a truthful hue that no doubt strikes a chord in the audience. The Glass Menagerie is a play that no doubt has few characters more prominent that Mr. Wingfield, though Mr. Wingfield never once steps on stage. It is Mr. Wingfield's absence from this family that causes their own glass house to break.?
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Tennessee Williams' "The Glass Menagerie", 2007.
This paper describes the character of Laura in "The Glass Menagerie" by Tennessee Williams.
1,093 words (approx. 4.4 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 38.95
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This paper introduces, discusses, and analyzes the play "The Glass Menagerie" by Tennessee Williams. Specifically it highlights the character of Laura in the play and what she represents. The paper's author describes Laura as afraid of everything, including life. The paper also examines the relationship between Laura and her mother.
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"Laura Winfield is a grown young woman who still lives at home with her mother and brother. One of her legs is shorter than the other and so she wears a brace on her leg, and she is very self-conscious about it. She thinks it makes her unattractive and people make fun of her because she wears it. That is not the truth, however. In reality, her brace is not really that noticeable. Laura is handicapped, but it is not the brace that is her handicap. The way she lives her life is really her handicap, and it makes her a recluse and afraid. She is afraid of life and of really living life, and so, she uses her handicap as an excuse not to have to really participate in life."
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Tennessee Williams, 2005.
Tennessee Williams was a great American liturgist. This paper covers his life from birth to death and also summarizes two plays.
2,574 words (approx. 10.3 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 77.95
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Tennessee Williams had an arduous life, living with a dysfunctional family. This paper overviews his family life and explains how it gave birth to two of the greatest plays in American history, "The Glass Menagerie" and "A Streetcar Named Desire".
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"Tennessee Williams wrote some of America's most famous plays. His life was riddled with obscurity and pain. He had an absent father, an eccentric mother, and a mentally ill sister. Tennessee used his writing as a form of escape and reflection of his life. Two of his most famous plays, The Glass Menagerie and A Streetcar Named Desire, are perfect examples of his literary talents and use of incorporating his own life into his scripts."
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Two Tennessee Williams Plays, 2008.
Compares Tennessee Williams' plays "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" and "Streetcar named Desire" as films and as stories.
990 words (approx. 4.0 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 35.95
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This paper relates that two of Tennessee Williams' most notable plays "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" and "Streetcar named Desire" have been made into movies, which have become classics. The paper then discusses the similarities and the differences between the plays and concludes that, while both are good movies, "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" has an element of truth that "Streetcar Named Desire" lacks. The paper includes dialogue from both films.
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"For all the fierceness of the conflicts among the various members of the family, in the end, "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" is a story of triumph. The story opens with Goober and Mae, with their children in tow, trying to get control of Big Daddy's fortune, and while they claim to be acting for everyone's good, their greed is transparent. Maggie and Brick are fighting and he is drunk so consistently that there seems little hope that they can weather this crisis. But they do. "
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Tennessee Williams and "The Glass Menagerie", 2002.
Looks at the how Tennessee Williams' life paralleled his play "The Glass Menagerie".
2,650 words (approx. 10.6 pages), 9 sources, $ 97.95
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This eleven-page undergraduate academic paper discusses Tennessee Williams and how his personal life parallels and reflects the lives of the fictional characters in his play "The Glass Menagerie".
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Tennessee Williams' "The Glass Menagerie", 2005.
This paper reviews the human experiences confronted in Tennessee Williams' masterpiece "The Glass Menagerie".
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 1 source, $ 44.95
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This paper explores how, in Tennessee Williams' "The Glass Menagerie", a mother's solipsism and self-absorption have destroyed the relationship between her and her children. The author points out that, like pieces of a glass menagerie, the family members are stuck in grid they really cannot escape from. The paper relates that the irony is that the tighter the mother clings to her children, the more distant they become.
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"Tennessee Williams' famous play, "The Glass Menagerie", is a remarkable rendering of the human experience. This paper will explore human experience as it is presented in Williams' master-work. Specifically, this paper will talk about the tragedy visited upon the family by a mother who cannot let the past go and cannot bear to confront the present. By retreating to tyrannically control those things she can -chiefly her children - she ensures that they will not be able to escape the past, either. With that in mind, this paper turns now to Tennessee William's haunting masterpiece. In the preface to the play, Williams describes Amanda Wingfield as 'not paranoiac, but her life is paranoia' (5). She is a petite women of 'confused vitality' clinging pertinaciously to a world that no longer exists (Williams 5)."
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Tennessee Williams' "Glass Menagerie", 2009.
Analyzes the theme of real versus fantasy in Tennessee Williams' "Glass Menagerie".
885 words (approx. 3.5 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 31.95
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This paper discusses Tennessee Williams' play, "Glass Menagerie" and analyzes its theme of reality versus fantasy and the characters in the play who struggle with this conflict. Specifically, the paper examines how the main characters, Amanda, Laura and to some extent Tom, were not able to face the dismal realities of life so they found other means for personal happiness.
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"This mental retreat for Amanda is a way of recaptures the innocence and easy times of her youth. It is her means of escape: She has long been a single parent and worried bout raising two children who also have their own heavy baggage to carry. The difficulty occurs when Amanda's present and past become confused. Her fantasies of a time when break into the now of other people's lives, namely her son and daughter. When she fantasizes Laura and Tom can become something different from which they already are, it creates problems for everyone. For example, when Jim comes to dinner, Amanda dreams of him and Laura together."
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Sibling Relationships in Dramas by Tennessee Williams, 2004.
An analysis of the sibling rivalries and relationships in Tennessee Williams' works, "A Street Car Named Desire" and "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof".
904 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 31.95
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This paper discusses the factors that contribute to the complexities in sibling relationships through an analysis of the siblings in Tennessee Williams' works, "A Streetcar Named Desire," and "A Cat on a Hot Tin Roof".
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"A great deal of literature deals with the impact of birth order, environment, parenting and other aspects related to sibling relationships. Both film versions of Tennessee Williams' dramas "A Streetcar Named Desire" and "Cat On A Hot Tin Roof" feature intense sibling rivalries. In "Streetcar", the rivalry is between Blanche DuBois and her younger sister Stella Kowalski. In "Cat", the rivalry is between Gooper Pollitt and his younger brother Brick. The rivalry between Blanche and Stella is more one of attachment rivalry than is..."
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Tennessee Williams: Two Plays, 2005.
Biographical account of Tennessee Williams and synopsis of "A Streetcar Named Desire" and "The Glass Menagerie".
2,738 words (approx. 11.0 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 81.95
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This paper depicts Tennessee Williams's life from birth to death. It also summarizes and analyzes two of his most famous plays and relates them to Williams's life.
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"Tennessee Williams wrote some of America's most famous plays. His life was riddled with obscurity and pain. He had an absent father, an eccentric mother, and a mentally ill sister. Tennessee used his writing as a form of escape and reflection of his life. Two of his most famous plays, "The Glass Menagerie" and "A Streetcar Named Desire", are perfect examples of his literary talents and use of incorporating his own life into his scripts."
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Tennessee Williams and Homosexuality, 2002.
An analysis of how Tennessee Williams' homosexuality has created a theme of loss and suppressed desire in some of his stories.
1,650 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 3 sources, $ 62.95
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This paper will discuss the short stories of Tennessee Williams, and how they represent loss and sexual suppression in his homosexuality. By obeserving these tales, we can see how Williams portrays this within the text.
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Tennessee Williams and Arthur Miller, 2001.
A comparison of the writing styles of Tennessee Williams and Arthur Miller.
807 words (approx. 3.2 pages), 0 sources, MLA, $ 28.95
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When examining American literature at any given period, there are always a certain number of similarities existing between authors. This paper compares the styles of two great American authors, Tennessee Williams and Arthur Miller. The paper provides a general introduction to each of the author's history. It then moves on to show character similarities in works by both. Finally, the paper shows how each of the two use similar settings in their works. The paper focuses mainly on the play "The Glass Menagerie" by Williams and "The Death of a Salesman" by Miller.
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"In Tennessee Williams? play The Glass Menagerie, the main role is Tom, a man faced with opportunity, but tied to home by the obligation of providing for his sister and mother. Likewise, in Arthur Miller?s play Death of a Salesman, the main role is that of Willy, a traveling salesman who could prosper in his efforts, were it not for the wife and children to take care of. Both Tom and Willy live in the city, surrounded by taller buildings which symbolize their opportunities being fulfilled by someone else. In the case of Willy, the sun that once shone so bright, (metaphoric of his high expectations in life) is gradually eclipsed by the ever growing skyline. (metaphoric of other, younger, obligation-free salesman taking his place gradually.) Both Tom and Willy are avid smokers, which they vow to quit. This is interesting because, in a way, this is a metaphor for their desire to succeed."
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?The Glass Menagerie? by Tennessee Williams, 2004.
This paper discusses the character, Laura Wingfield?s, role as the author's alter ego in the play, "The Glass Menagerie" by Tennessee Williams.
1,050 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 36.95
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This paper explains that, although ?The Glass Menagerie? centers its attention on Tom, another character, Laura Wingfield, Tom?s sister, emerges as a powerful individual in the story. The author points out that establishing Laura?s character takes more than physically describing her deficiencies, such as her being crippled. Laura is also characterized as a woman who has lost all hope of attaining a wonderful life in being a wife and mother. The paper relates that author Williams achieves self-actualization through Laura?s character in the same way that Tom and Laura finally free themselves from their emotional burdens in the play, ?The Glass Menagerie?.
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"Laura?s low regard for herself is not only developed within her but also by the people who are with her, especially Amanda, her mother, and Tom. This observation is expressed among critics who have illustrated Laura?s character as ?symbolic,? i.e., laden with hidden meanings meaningful only to Williams?. Indeed, she is identified as the character who is ?burdened by self-consciousness,? experiences a ?sense of worthlessness,? and ??yearning for ? ideal or mystical beauty and spiritual or romantic love? absolute emotional and artistic fulfillment??. The third symbolic description of Laura, which pertains to her inherent likeness for ?mystical beauty? is symbolically represented by her fascination of her glass collection, considering them as objects that compensate for her imperfection."
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Autobiographical Elements in the Works of Tennessee Williams, 2006.
Examines how American author, Tennessee Williams incorporated his life's experiences into his work.
2,660 words (approx. 10.6 pages), 20 sources, MLA, $ 79.95
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This paper examines how Williams drew on his life and experiences in his writing. It shows how he never drew a clear line between his life and his work, which in fact were one and the same. The paper examines autobiographical elements in some of his works and explains how his life experiences impacted his writing.
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"Williams drew on memories of his mother, Edwina, who, although born in Ohio, was Southern by marriage and choice, to create the faded southern belle at the center of many of his plays, donating to them many of his mother's characteristic mannerisms and speech patterns. When asked about the appearance of his mother in his plays, Williams replied, "[She's] in all of 'em, I guess....I must say she contributed a lot to my writing." Amanda Wingfield in The Glass Menagerie and Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire are examples of the archetypal Williams southern belle. Alma Winemiller in Summer and Smoke, Hannah Jelkes in The Night of the Iguana, and Laura Wingfield in The Glass Menagerie are three of his many variations on the type."
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Tennessee Williams' "The Glass Menagerie", 2007.
This paper analyzes the play "The Glass Menagerie" by Tennessee Williams.
1,086 words (approx. 4.3 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 37.95
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The paper discusses the theme of escape in the "The Glass Menagerie". The paper explains how this play seems to revolve around Tom's escape from his family, but in reality, each of the characters is attempting to escape something. The paper looks at how Laura escapes from reality by spending her entire life inside the apartment with her beloved glass animals and Amanda retreats to the past to escape her present life.
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"Escape is a central issue in this play, from Tom's escape at the end of the play, to his distancing from the family as he becomes increasingly frustrated with his life and his job. One method Tom uses to escape the tension of the family is to go to the movies. His mother even criticizes his attempt at escape. She says, "'I don't believe that you go every night to the movies. Nobody goes to the movies night after night'" (Williams 998). Tom does go to the movies because it is the only place he can find peace, quiet, and a measure of normalcy. His dysfunctional family is far from normal, and that is the main reason Tom is so desperate to escape. However, he is not happy with his job, either, and is afraid of being trapped in it forever. Therefore, he must escape his job as well as his family if he is ever to create a new life for himself."
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