Tennessee Williams: One of the Greatest and Most Controversial Playwrig

Tennessee Williams was known as one of the greatest and most controversial playwrights in American history. He once said I believe that penning or any form of creative work was never meant by nature to be a mans way of qualification a living, that when it becomes one it almost certainly loses a measure of rightness (Lewis 54). This statement shows that Williams was a genuine writer who wrote with finesse. He used his plays and poems to let loose his own thoughts and did not stifle an idea because the public would not equalize with it. Williams was known for his Southern Gothic create verbally style. This is a style of writing practiced by many writers of the American South whose stories set in that region are characterized by grotesque, macabre, or fantastic incidents (Southern mediaeval). Some critics believe that Williams had sacrificed his talent to prosper in wealth however, new(prenominal) critics believe his writings were original works of art. When Williams lover Frank Merlo died, he became very despondent and his writing began to languish. His plays were becoming less and less suited and the amount of meter each was on Broadway was decreasing little by little. Williams beginning writings were works of art, but they became predictable as time went on. Although he did use a lot of recurring themes and symbols, each individualistic piece had a life and moral value of its own. Williams was born blemish 26, 1911. His mother and father were Edwina and Cornelius Williams respectively. His mother was the divine essence of a southerly belle whose main focus was being of high social standards. His father was a besotted shoe salesman who would later be claimed as the reason for Williams homosexuality. Williams siblings complicate Rose and Dakin Williams. It is ... ...odreads Inc, 2007. Web. 31 Mar. 2012.. Shmoop Editorial Team. Tennessee Williams Awards Shmoop.com. Shmoop University, Inc., 11 Nov. 2008. Web. 1 Apr. 2012.Smith, Nicole. The Tragic for mula of Laura in The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams.Article Myriad. Article Myriad, 6 Dec. 2011. Web. 01 Apr. 2012..Southern gothic. Encyclopedia Britannica. Encyclopedia Britannica Online. EncyclopediaBritannica Inc., 2012. Web. 01 Apr. 2012.. Print.Tennessee Williams. - Quotes, Biography, Quote, Works, Festival, Poetry, Poems, Bio, Writing Style, Autobiography, Bibliography. N. p. Web. 28 Mar. 2012. .