... Tennessee Williams. Williams set his plays in the South, but the compelling manner in which he rendered his themes made them universal. The South, old and new, is an important theme of the play. Blanche and her sister come from a dying world. The life and pretensions of their world are becoming a thing of memory: to drive home the point, the family ... in a state of convulsion, a mix of the modern world and New Orleans' confused history; in the American imagination, New Orleans is also associated with desire and the most direct kind of sexuality. Despite the region's industrial transfor...

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... influence the other characters. These characters can affect the action of the other characters, the theme of the work, or even how the other characters develop. In the three books, Catch 22, Deliverance, and A Streetcar Named Desire there are insignificant characters with a significant presence. In Catch 22 the dead man in ... his presence affects Yossarians actions throughout the entire book. Not only does he affect his actions but Yossarian's development and feelings towards other characters. For the four men in Deliverance to survive they must make decisions, each being based on chara...

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