Moreover, in Williams’ plays Amanda, Laura, and Blanche are considered victims of abandonment. For example, Amanda was infatuated with gentlemen callers, and she wanted the same for her daughter Laura. This obsession is a remembrance of Amanda’s past of who she was at one point an time. Amanda wants to ensure that her daughter has a gentlemen caller to take care of her to fulfill the void of companionship. Parents who may not have accomplished their life goals and dreams attempt to live their lives through their children as a comfort zone. Blanche was also an aging Southern Belle who thrived on attention from men in order to build her self-esteem. Blanche was known to be loose woman based on loss of her parents and the family home; she
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This changed at later years. Alma became boastful to John as to what she wanted from him from a physical standpoint. Alma’s response to John was” You talk as if my body had ceased to exist for you, Yes, that’s it. I came here to tell you being a gentleman, doesn’t seem so important to me anymore, but you’re telling me I’ve got to remain a lady” (Gussow, Holditch pg. 638). Furthermore, Maggie the character in the play “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” was a vibrant young woman that used her beauty to lure men to gain her sexual power. Maggie desires a fulfilling relationship with her husband “Brick” a plantation owner. Maggie on several occasions wanted to make her husband Brick jealous. For instance, she would inform him of an occasions when she went to Memphis to visit. She quotes” everywhere I went men’s eyes burned holes in my clothes, at the country club, restaurants, or at the country club, there wasn’t a man I met or walked by that didn’t just eat me with his eyes, (Tennessee Williams, pg. 905). Nevertheless, Brick was disgusted with Maggie and blames him for his best friend Skipper’s death. Skipper and Brick were very close friends, and Brick’s family assumed that he had a sexual …show more content…
However, Maggie was determined to have her husband to love her, and to want to have him make love to her. Maggie did just that. She quotes,” I want a child, and it is my time to conceive, I have locked up the liquor cabinet and I will make him satisfy my desire before I unlock it, (Tennessee Williams, pg.975). Serafina, the character in the “In the Rose Tattoo was a Sicilian woman that was paralyzed of the loss of her late husband whom she loved unconditionally. At one time, she would not look at another man, or make herself presentable to be viewed as a beautiful woman. A salesman by the name of Alvaro began to compliment her, bring her gifts, to encourage her that she was still a beautiful woman. Alvaro quotes: “I’m hoping to meet some sensible older lady. Maybe a lady a little older than me. I don’t care if she is a
This changed at later years. Alma became boastful to John as to what she wanted from him from a physical standpoint. Alma’s response to John was” You talk as if my body had ceased to exist for you, Yes, that’s it. I came here to tell you being a gentleman, doesn’t seem so important to me anymore, but you’re telling me I’ve got to remain a lady” (Gussow, Holditch pg. 638). Furthermore, Maggie the character in the play “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” was a vibrant young woman that used her beauty to lure men to gain her sexual power. Maggie desires a fulfilling relationship with her husband “Brick” a plantation owner. Maggie on several occasions wanted to make her husband Brick jealous. For instance, she would inform him of an occasions when she went to Memphis to visit. She quotes” everywhere I went men’s eyes burned holes in my clothes, at the country club, restaurants, or at the country club, there wasn’t a man I met or walked by that didn’t just eat me with his eyes, (Tennessee Williams, pg. 905). Nevertheless, Brick was disgusted with Maggie and blames him for his best friend Skipper’s death. Skipper and Brick were very close friends, and Brick’s family assumed that he had a sexual …show more content…
However, Maggie was determined to have her husband to love her, and to want to have him make love to her. Maggie did just that. She quotes,” I want a child, and it is my time to conceive, I have locked up the liquor cabinet and I will make him satisfy my desire before I unlock it, (Tennessee Williams, pg.975). Serafina, the character in the “In the Rose Tattoo was a Sicilian woman that was paralyzed of the loss of her late husband whom she loved unconditionally. At one time, she would not look at another man, or make herself presentable to be viewed as a beautiful woman. A salesman by the name of Alvaro began to compliment her, bring her gifts, to encourage her that she was still a beautiful woman. Alvaro quotes: “I’m hoping to meet some sensible older lady. Maybe a lady a little older than me. I don’t care if she is a