Part one of term paper
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 turn. She induces sickness in her typing class and even as the Gent ...

Part two of term paper
... though she herself exacerbates the reality of that. Magnifying her illness, denying her inner beauty to come forth, is the way Laura hides from a world lit by ‘lightning.” Tom, on the other hand, relies on self-denial to justify his concerns and feelings of insecurity. By making himself believe that he is a righteous male, he convinces himself that his needs supersede his family’s. Claiming to be an artist of emotions, he projects to the audience a facade of control and masculinity. His ...