Tennessee Williams' Characters: Escape

Part I of Essay
For Tennessee Williams’ characters, escape is clearly defined by the aura of the “memory play.” This is so because everyone of them transposes their difficult situations into shadows of the truth. Laura, our fragile daughter-figure, finds herself escaping life at every tur ....

Part II of Essay
.... to be an artist of emotions, he projects to the audience a facade of control and masculinity. His biggest dreams flash before his eyes on a screen in a darkened room; yet, in that little apartment he faces only the dimness. Even during his reflections on the “fire escape” he is not really separating himself because that metal frame, however sturdy, is still anchored to the apartment wall. Amanda, the Wingfield matriarch, utilizes an almost hysterical mechanism of denial. She surrounds her reality with the images of days she saw herself as ....