5.”The denied” – Summer and Smoke – Alma Winemiller
Tennessee Williams’ Summer and Smoke was written in 1948 just after the war. It was the time of the beginning of the New Era, the start of the TV’s popularity, the baby boom, and the decline of marriages ‘numbers. In contradictory, the set takes place in 1916, in Glorious Hill, Mississippi, during World War I. The plot concentrated on a relationship between John Buchanan and Alma Winemiller. John is a young doctor who comes back to his childhood home to take over the medical practice of his father. Alma is the girl who grew up his next door, and her father is a minister. The play centres on their interaction, chastity, and “almost” romance. These two characters are each other’s extremes and …show more content…
Part I. is A Summer and Part II is A Winter, emphasises the alteration in Alma’s mind and the conflict between spirit and flesh. Summer and Smoke is more than a conflict between soul and body, it is a successful representation of the South. Williams, as a southern writer, is completely aware of the fact that the South has already had difficulties in getting its body and soul into harmony. He presents the soul of the South that obtains a helpless past without request for this reason avoids reality and consciousness through Alma. He contrasts the soul of the South with the strong and attractive, yet purposeless body of the South through John, who is attracted to adventure, scientific progress, and freedom from the restraints of traditional moral codes. This interpretation presents both Alma and the South as …show more content…
The stone name is Eternity, connected to Alma’s name which in Spanish means soul. The soul is a subtle entity that cannot be measured by any physical process or instrumentation. The non-material part of each one of people exists, and is in fact the true self or what is simply called I. This I or soul is distinguishable only at the level of mind and intellect. There is another symbol in the play, the anatomy chart in John Buchanan’s office. Opposite to the angel and Alma, the chart represents John, who is the symbol of flesh. From the beginning of the play this contradictory symbolism follows the life of the characters. These are not just symbols, but they seem almost shape the personality of Alma and John. Alma is innocent and pure in thought, she is not holding hatreds or prejudices moreover she is searching for someone whom she would live her life with and who supports and loves her after she wasted her youth because of her family. “The New Testament presents a unambiguous contrast between "walking in the Spirit" and "walking in the flesh." The first approach flows in the power of the Holy Spirit. The second approach is dominated by sinful desires. One way of living satisfies your soul and pleases God. The other way of living makes a person restless and is offensive to God.” John is walking in the flesh therefore he is dominated by: anger, rage, hatred, dirty
Tennessee Williams’ Summer and Smoke was written in 1948 just after the war. It was the time of the beginning of the New Era, the start of the TV’s popularity, the baby boom, and the decline of marriages ‘numbers. In contradictory, the set takes place in 1916, in Glorious Hill, Mississippi, during World War I. The plot concentrated on a relationship between John Buchanan and Alma Winemiller. John is a young doctor who comes back to his childhood home to take over the medical practice of his father. Alma is the girl who grew up his next door, and her father is a minister. The play centres on their interaction, chastity, and “almost” romance. These two characters are each other’s extremes and …show more content…
Part I. is A Summer and Part II is A Winter, emphasises the alteration in Alma’s mind and the conflict between spirit and flesh. Summer and Smoke is more than a conflict between soul and body, it is a successful representation of the South. Williams, as a southern writer, is completely aware of the fact that the South has already had difficulties in getting its body and soul into harmony. He presents the soul of the South that obtains a helpless past without request for this reason avoids reality and consciousness through Alma. He contrasts the soul of the South with the strong and attractive, yet purposeless body of the South through John, who is attracted to adventure, scientific progress, and freedom from the restraints of traditional moral codes. This interpretation presents both Alma and the South as …show more content…
The stone name is Eternity, connected to Alma’s name which in Spanish means soul. The soul is a subtle entity that cannot be measured by any physical process or instrumentation. The non-material part of each one of people exists, and is in fact the true self or what is simply called I. This I or soul is distinguishable only at the level of mind and intellect. There is another symbol in the play, the anatomy chart in John Buchanan’s office. Opposite to the angel and Alma, the chart represents John, who is the symbol of flesh. From the beginning of the play this contradictory symbolism follows the life of the characters. These are not just symbols, but they seem almost shape the personality of Alma and John. Alma is innocent and pure in thought, she is not holding hatreds or prejudices moreover she is searching for someone whom she would live her life with and who supports and loves her after she wasted her youth because of her family. “The New Testament presents a unambiguous contrast between "walking in the Spirit" and "walking in the flesh." The first approach flows in the power of the Holy Spirit. The second approach is dominated by sinful desires. One way of living satisfies your soul and pleases God. The other way of living makes a person restless and is offensive to God.” John is walking in the flesh therefore he is dominated by: anger, rage, hatred, dirty