The Dark Side Of A Streetcar Named Desire
The Dark Side of A Streetcar Named Desire
In A Streetcar Named Desire, written by Tennessee Williams, the characters presented represent Williams own view of society. In Streetcar, Williams has created a medium to observe and reflect upon the darkest aspects of society and the result of these societal downfalls.
Williams has portrayed numerous societal downfalls, such as the idea that he (or she) who tries to hide his true self and lie to the world ends up, above all, hurting himself. This statement, which lies just below the surface in Streetcar, reflects the difficulties Williams had in finding his own place in life. Williams created that this play as a sort of “slap” toward a society which rejected Williams and his way of telling the world, “If you keep behaving like this, the whole place will go stark-raving mad!” This is distinctly seen in both the suicide of Blanches young husband and her own decent into madness.
Another collapse highlighted by Williams is the idea of the “macho-male,” which extends to homophobia. Stanley is obviously Williams characterization
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