Tennessee Williams, critical perspectives

CHAPTER I: THE GLASS MENAGERIE…………………………. 8
1.1A play of memories…………………………………………….8
1.2Characters development……………………………………. 14
1.3The hunger for independence……………………………….17
1.4Dream and myth……………………………………………….20.
1.5The allusion play……………………………………………….22

CHAPTER II: A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE………………….35
2.1 Blanche  an uninvited guest……………………………………35
2.2 The characters  symbols of dynamism and force……………41
2.3 The tragic downfall of Blanche Dubois………………………...45
2.4 Realism and dramatic consequences………………………….55
2.5 The game of cards…………………………………………….…59
2.6 Themes and conflicts………………………………………….…69
2.7 Blanche  an outsider…………………………………………....74

CHAPTER III: CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES……………………….79.
3.1 Impressionism and expressionism …………………………….79
3.2 A feminist approach………………………………………………86
CONCLUSIONS………………………………………………………92
BIBLIOGRAPHY………………………………………………………94