author context: streetcar named desire

Question 1

Williams and homosexuality

Answer 1

williams was gay however he didn’t come out until the age of 70. he had a relationship with his secretary Frank merlo, however merlo died in 1963, sending Williams into a spiral of bad mental health

Question 2

Williams and mental health

Answer 2

Williams struggled with frequent bouts of depression and in his later years his brother akin sent him to a psychiatric hospital

Question 3

Williams sister and his family

Answer 3

his sister rose was close with him and suffered with bad mental health. she was lobotomised and never was the same person again. she was institutionalised from the age of 18 until her death

Question 4

the deep south and Williams

Answer 4

Williams and his siblings moved from the Deep South to saint Louis as children, where they were for their accents

Question 5

Williams and addiction

Answer 5

Williams suffered with addictions to sleeping pills and alcohol throughout his life

Question 6

Williams and his family

Answer 6

his mother was a southern belle who became a southern lady and was a reasonably high class, however his mother hated his fathers lifestyle as his father was alcoholic, neglectful and had affairs. his lifestyle brought down their social status