Context Flashcards
When was the play first produced
1947
What event was the play set after
WW2
What does the play explore
Southern gentry
Changes of Southern society
What inspires Williams’ plays
his personal life
What does the ‘deep south’ refer to
Southern states of America that depended on slave labour before the civil war
What happened to the South after the civil war
separated from rest of America
viewed as a place of racism and poverty
What does a Southern Belle character represent
young, beautiful woman
What where Williams’ parents like
Mother-Southern Belle
Father-Alchoholic
What did Williams suffer with himself
alcohol and drug dependency
How did Williams die
chocking on a pill bottle
When did Williams die
1983
What did audiences in these times think a play should follow
Aristotelian three unities
What where the three unities
Action
Place
Time
Which unity did the play not follow
Time
What had New Orleans just been hit by
The Great Depression
