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=The Glass Menagerie and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof=

Cultural - Kaylee Manuel



Tennessee Williams was a man of different perspectives. His novels, plays, and other writings were very different from the normal things at the time and he was criticized highly for his view on things and how he wrote stuff. According to an article on PBS, "His plays, which had long received criticism for openly addressing taboo topics, were finding more and more detractors. Around this time, Williams’ longtime companion, Frank Merlo, died of cancer. Williams began to depend more and more on alcohol and drugs and though he continued to write, completing a book of short stories and another play, he was in a downward spiral" (PBS). In both The Glass Menagerie and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, the main characters deal with problems involving alcohol. This relates to the cultural aspect of that time because everything Williams wrote about was looked down upon. However, after his brother hospitalized him for his addiction to alcohol and drugs, he still continued to write more short stories, memoirs, and plays. What Tennessee Williams did was show that even if the current culture does not agree with what someone is writing, they can still tremendously succeed in whatever they do.

Works Cited: "Tennessee Williams." //American Masters.// PBS. 8 Feb. 1999. Web. 29 April 2013. "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Summary." //GradeSaver//. Web. 29 April 2013. "The Glass Menagerie Summary." //GradeSaver.// Web. 29 April 2013.

Audience - Samuel Pickerel



Tennessee Williams was an author along with a Broadway play writer. He is considered a an innovator with poetry. He was born in Mississippi March 26, 1911. His audience was triggered more to his southern roots. “During the St. Louis years, Williams found an imaginative release from unpleasant reality in writing essays, stories, poems, and plays.” Plays are also a story of his life as he moved around a lot as kid and his father was absent. In //The Glass Menagerie// the family is moved to St. Louis and is dramatized to fit his life.

Works Cited:

“Tennessee Williams.” //Poetry Foundation.// Web. 30 April 2013.

Historical -Mikhayla Johnson



Tennessee Williams was born in 1911 and passed in 1983. Williams wrote many, many plays including Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and The Glass Menagerie. Various components of his plays came from experiences that occurred throughout his lifetime. Williams began playwriting in the 1930s and his style of writing was considered modern realism. The Glass Menagerie, a moving piece, was one of Williams’s most famous plays. It was “also one of [Williams’s] least characteristic” plays (THE GLASS MENAGERIE). The play was written in 1944 and the events that take place in this play are said to have been recalled from Williams’s youth. This play was about Cat on a Hot Tin Roof was written in 1955. This play won the Pulitzer Prize, a grand award for any play.

Works Cited:
 * "**The Glass Menagerie.**"** //Southeastern Louisiana University.// Southeastern Louisiana University. Web. 30 April 2013.

Aim - Adam Wetzel In //Cat on a Hot Tin Roof// and //Glass Menagerie Tennessee Williams goes over many topical controversies. Some of these controversies include issues such as suicide, equality, alcoholism, and childhood drama. In this story, Williams writes the character Brick vicariously through himself. In Cat on a Hot Tin Roof// and //Glass Menagerie Brick goes through the loss of loved ones from his own problems. One being alcoholism. Williams utilizes post-war controversies to illustrate these topics.//

Works Cited: "Guthrie Theater." //Guthrie Theater//. N.p., 1999. Web. 02 Apr. 2013. "Studyworld Studynotes: Glass Menagerie, The: Summary: Historical Context."//Studyworld Studynotes: Glass Menagerie, The: Summary: Historical Context//. N.p., n.d. Web. 02 Apr. 2013.