... unique characters that re set as outcast that give his stories special qualities. He also uses themes that make his stories more interesting to the reader. Williams places characters as outcast to set them apart from the others. In The Glass Menagerie, Laura Wingfield is set as an outcast because of her disability and shyness. Her disability that sets her apart is her slightly crippled ... down her self-esteem greatly. Since she is so vulnerable, she cannot take up for herself and becomes insane by the end of the story because of it (Sc. 4). Tennessee Williams uses the theme of illusion...

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... imagery of a region favorable to poetry" (Starns 357). Most of the characters in Williams" plays are autobiographical because they represent himself or a member of his family. We can see this in the following plays: "A Streetcar Named Desire," "The Glass Menagerie," and "A Rose Tattoo". In the play "The glass Menagerie", in this play the most autobiographical character is Mr. Wingfield which is Amanda's husband. He ... is a handsome man who worked as a salesman for a telephone company and abandoned his family years before the action of the play. Mr. Wingfield represents Tennessee Willia...

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... himself a place not only in American but the world literature as well. Among his most notable and successful plays were "The Glass Menagerie-, which he refers to as "memory play-, "A Streetcar Named Desire-, "The Rose Tatoo- and "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof- for which he was appreciated winning the Pulitzer Prize. One of the greatest influences on Williams' works had a ... Crane are known as the individuals who inspired the playwright. Mississippi born Williams, who later changed his name to Tennessee, belongs to the tradition of great Southern writers who have refreshed the literary language ...

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... their reality so they retreat into illusionary worlds created by themselves. Laura in The Glass Menagerie and Blanche in A Streetcar Named Desire are the most outstanding examples. They are so fragile that facing reality will destroy them. Their creation of illusions makes them feel safe away from the real world they cannot cope with, and the harsh realities that destroy both their dreams and hopes. In ... everyday, for six weeks, just to go to the zoo and watch the glass house, so that her mother cannot discover her withdrawl from school. Her memories lock her in the world of the past....

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... Desire and The Glass Menagerie were two plays in which there was a woman who played a drastic role in life of the other characters; they were Blanche DuBois and Amanda Wingfield. Written by the same playwright, these two main female characters featured characteristics that were similar to both. Blanche and Amanda were "southern belles" who couldn't adopt a new lifestyle other than that of the southern aristocrats. They ... had been unsuccessful in coping with changes in the modern society, which resulted in the formation of fantasies and dreams to deal with their inability to change. Bo...

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... by Blanche's denial of certain acts of her past. She outright says, "I don't want realism I misrepresent things to [people]. I don't tell the truth, I tell what ought to be t! he truth"(145). Ultimately, Kernan finds realism to be a mode of acceptance by which people deal with ... regard, and upper class image. Berkman attributes her lust for sex, intimacy, and romance as a result of her failed marriage with Allan. The essay then blames Blanche's troubles on her fear that eventually having sex will prevent future intimacy. Blanche believes that once she and a man ... it. Tennessee Willi...

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