Second Essay
During the half-way point of the twentieth century, new themes in American writing emerged as the social circumstances around the country changed. Two clear examples of these changes in themes are the plays A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams, and Who’s
Afraid of Virginia Wolff by Edward Albee. In both of these plays, the concept of living a life of
Illusion is a major theme that had not until then gained the attention of the American public.
Through the characters of Blanche, George, and Martha we learn how people who live a life full of deceit end up living a miserable life despite how much better they seem to want to portray their life as. Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire is a …show more content…
In her book, even as a little girl she understood that men and women lived under different rules and different circles. Early on she mentions that, “the boys and the girls live in separate worlds. The boys in their universe and we in ours.” Later on she realizes that most of the women in her neighborhood won’t have any future and will likely not leave the street unless they marry someone who will take them away. Unlike John Steinbeck’s story, she not only suffers from being female but also from being Latino, as this further excludes her from moving away from her circle of environment. However, despite her many disadvantages, online the protagonist in the other story, she is able to understand her situation and escape, by leaving Mango street.
Both, “The Chrysanthemums” by John Steinbeck and The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros are stories revolving around women living in times where they were not considered equal, were not as free as men, and were thus plagued in multitudes of ways by their families and societies. Despite the difference in race and age of the protagonist, they both represent characters burdened by the place and era they
During the half-way point of the twentieth century, new themes in American writing emerged as the social circumstances around the country changed. Two clear examples of these changes in themes are the plays A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams, and Who’s
Afraid of Virginia Wolff by Edward Albee. In both of these plays, the concept of living a life of
Illusion is a major theme that had not until then gained the attention of the American public.
Through the characters of Blanche, George, and Martha we learn how people who live a life full of deceit end up living a miserable life despite how much better they seem to want to portray their life as. Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire is a …show more content…
In her book, even as a little girl she understood that men and women lived under different rules and different circles. Early on she mentions that, “the boys and the girls live in separate worlds. The boys in their universe and we in ours.” Later on she realizes that most of the women in her neighborhood won’t have any future and will likely not leave the street unless they marry someone who will take them away. Unlike John Steinbeck’s story, she not only suffers from being female but also from being Latino, as this further excludes her from moving away from her circle of environment. However, despite her many disadvantages, online the protagonist in the other story, she is able to understand her situation and escape, by leaving Mango street.
Both, “The Chrysanthemums” by John Steinbeck and The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros are stories revolving around women living in times where they were not considered equal, were not as free as men, and were thus plagued in multitudes of ways by their families and societies. Despite the difference in race and age of the protagonist, they both represent characters burdened by the place and era they