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"Tennessee Williams Biography - Facts, Birthday, Life Story." //Biography//. A E Television Networks, LLC.. Web. 30 Apr 2013. Colton Stokes

Cultural Tennessee Williams had a great impact on the people of his time trough his plays and poems. His plays had a major impact because they were considered to be works of art. His plays include //A Streetcar Named Desire// and //The Glass Menagerie// and //Baby Doll.// These plays all had influences on the general public kind of like a modern Bob Marley because of his struggle with drugs and alcohol. After his event of being “release from the hospital in the 1970s, Williams wrote plays, a memoir, poems, short stories and a novel. In 1975 he published MEMOIRS, which detailed his life and discussed his addiction to drugs and alcohol, as well as his homosexuality” During these times being homosexual or a drug addict was extremely bad to the people. But through his success he showed people that these are not disadvantages or anything of that sort. These coming outs showed the public that it was ok to be addicted or homosexual and he was almost sought as a leader for this and had a major influence on them.

Work Cited

“About Tennessee Williams.” //PBS//. PBS, 8 Feb. 1999. Web. 30 Apr. 2013.

Alex Biggs

Aim Tennessee Williams had a set goal for his life. He wanted to expand his life by writing plays. Williams "proved to be a prolific writer" (biography). He wrote many different plays. Some of those plays turned out to be huge successes. He made a lot of money from those plays. Writing plays was his main purpose in life. He made his dream a reality by writing plays.

Works Cited

"Tennessee Williams Biography - Facts, Birthday, Life Story." //Biography//. A E Television Networks, LLC.. Web. 30 Apr 2013.

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Robert Giordano Tennessee Williams was an American writer that mainly wrote plays for the American theatre. A very famous and well-liked man in his field, Tennessee had a lot of impact of today’s theatre. He worked for over 50 years in the cinema and play writing fields, many of his plays actually made it to Broadway, and the cinemas. Although a rather taboo style of writing and topic choice, many of his plays are still being performed and read to this day, and some consider him to be the father of modern playwriting. “ His genius was in his honesty and in the perseverance to tell his stories.” (Pbs.org). He had a great career, but near the end of his life, he took a bad turn. “The 1960s were perhaps the most difficult years for Williams, as he experienced some of his harshest treatment from the press. His plays, which had long received criticism for openly addressing taboo topics, were finding more and more detractors.” (Pbs.org). He turned to alcohol and drugs for inspiration, and that essentially ended his career. His career is defined and glorified by the begging and middle of his life, but the end of his career will forever taint all his achievements. Works Cited: Florence, Tina. "Tennessee Williams ." //PBS//. PBS publishing inc., 17 Sep 2006. Web. 30 Apr 2013. .

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Name of Student: Christopher Whitehead

Summary: Tennessee Williams had no specific audience in mind as a whole. For some play writes he did indeed direct it towards the audience, such as “The Glass Menagerie” which was portrayed towards a younger audience. There was not necessarily a specific audience, he simply wanted to write, and make people think, give them scenarios and ideas to ponder. He used social commentary in many of his play writes, as well as his experiences from moving place to place to allow people to easily relate the story to the real world. With these underlying truths and ideologies in his plays, came his success for such a broad, loyal audience.

"A Streetcar Named Desire l Critical Commentary." //Under Construction //

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