Tennessee Williams a famous american writer was born on March 26,1911 in Columbus, Mississippi. Through William's early childhood he experienced sexual abuse from his father, both physical and mental illness, and detrimental habits that he carried through the rest of his life. He once admitted that his family was extremely dysfunctional. His sister, Rose, was mentally ill with schizophrenia, which involves the withdrawal from reality and personal relationships into fantasy and delusion. His father was a drug abuser and chronic alcoholic who spent more time working in factory and with his friends than his own family. He also had zero tolerance for disobedience which was cause for frequent abuse. His mother was a music teacher, who he describes as tolerant and understanding. The music she played was sad with a depressive tempo which often expressed how she felt. Later in Williams developed dependence on prescription drugs and alcohol, depression, and homosexuality that he never completely reconciled within his conscious. Many of the experiences that Tennessee Williams has had are depicted in his works and characters, such as a Streetcar Named Desire.
Stanley Kowalski is the head of the house hold and his dominant appearance was in sync with his personality. ( "He is of medium height... bears his emblem of the gaudy seed-bearer." p.29) Stanley was a regular drinker whom occasionally over consumed which caused an abusive relation with his wife, Stella. (scene 3, p.57). He didn't tolerant mutiny in his house and he didn't hesitate to confront and terminate it.("That’s how I’ll clear the table! [He seizes her arm.] Don’t ever talk that way to me! "Pig – Polack – disgusting – vulgar – greasy!" – them kind of words have been on your tongue and your sister’s too much around here! What do you think you two are? A pair of queens? Remember what Huey Long said – "Every Man is a King!" And I am the King around here, so don’t forget it! " p.107) Later in the novel...