Tennessee Williams is a renowned American playwright who influenced the very nature of the writing through his finest works. He is considered as one of the best playwrights in twentieth century American drama. One of the interesting aspects of his finest works is that he incorporates his own life events in his works (Spoto, 171). Williams earned his fame by ‘The Glass Menagerie (1944)’, one of his well-received works. In this novel, he meticulously reflects on his personal gloom and sorrow. Similarly, all the characters of ‘A Streetcar Named Desire (1947)’, one his finest works, carry some of personal attributes and experiences of the author which makes him more sophisticated towards his literary output. …show more content…
She is portrayed as a romantic being who operates as attracted to males. Her interaction with the male characters of the play begins with flirting. The dramatized depiction of DuBois is well characterized by the author. Her fantasies have a very strong relation with her reality. She is pretending to be someone else with fabricated episodes of her past and the present. The author symbolizes her character with that of a psychic being with an inconspicuous behavior (Fischer, Erika, 246) r. She lies about herself to other that makes her life look as if a real one. Her character exposes her hidden intentions towards her appearance for the world like how it should have been rather than how it is. This beautiful characterization of DuBois depicts some part of the authors own life experiences. Her representation is influenced by some of the unintended attributes of the author himself.
The author has illustrated the play as an example of social realism. The relationship between the thematic expression of the play and the reality of the contemporary society during which the play was written including the personal life of the author. Blanche DuBois is illustrated in a very interesting way to depict the manipulated realities of the people around the author. For instance, the character of Stanley would be compared to that of the author’s father - rude and