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Essay Archive - Tennessee William's A Streetcar Named Desire
Tennessee William's A Streetcar Named Desire
Tennessee Williams shatters society’s facade of women in his plays, “A Streetcar Named Desire”and “Sweet Birds of Youth”. In both plays, Williams develops his characters to show the reader that women are not always able to live up to the stereotypes and standards that society creates. He presents women, like Blanche DuBois and the Princess Kosmonopolis, and shows that they are no longer capable of being the women society wants them to be. They are in fact past their prime and are being rejected by society.
Tennessee Williams, born Thomas Lanier Williams, grew up in ....
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