Advantages: very good characters and suspension build! Disadvantages: -
...Another crazily amazing book by tennessee... it contains real depth and one cannot stop reading! The characters are also very strong and bold, similarly to 'A street Car Names Desire'.
The play is set in Italy and centres on a wealthy old woman, Mrs G ...
Advantages: Brilliant portrayal of characters Disadvantages: A live performance would be better than the book
Set in 1930s America, the narrator tells us that 'The Glass Menagerie' is a memory play, and as such it is not realistic, as our memories select only what they want to remember. He tells us who the main characters in the play are, including Jim, the gentl ...
One of the greatest plays I ever read in contemporary American Literature is the Glass Menagerie, by Tennessee Williams. It is a short but really intense play with a lot of thematic psychological features such as escapism and the post-depression American ...
..."The Glass Menagerie" is a play about a family in 1930's America torn apart by the abandonment of the father. It was Tennessee Williams's first successful play; he went on to become one of America's most highly regarded playwrights. It was first performe ...
Advantages: Very good play for studying critical thinking, still relevant today Disadvantages: Tragic; heavy storyline
A Streetcar Named Desire is one of my favourite plays, and that's high praise coming from the very dedicated bookworm that I am! What I find most striking about the play is the ease with which it flows, despite the difficult topics it covers and despite f ...
