Streetcar Biographical Context Flashcards
1
Q
What was Williams known for?
A
For his ability to identify with fragility and vulnerability in women.
2
Q
What sexuality was Williams?
A
He was an openly homosexual man rising to fame in the mid-late 1940s.
3
Q
Where did Williams live?
A
He lived in New Orleans in the late 1930s/ early 1940s.
4
Q
What was Williams described as?
A
He was described as the “poet of the lost souls”
5
Q
What was the play based on?
A
Williams based many characters on his family.
His mother was a Southern Belle with her own psychological problems like Blanche, and she depended on her parents for financial support.
Stanley is similar to his dad who drank too much and was very angry and aggressive.
