Often times, people find themselves trying to adapt to society's expectations and blend in with the rest of the environment. The stress that comes from that pressure of those around you can have a negative effect on the future of that person. Comparably, in many of the works written by Tennessee Williams, he incorporates similar characters that face the same major problems people do nowadays. Although it is not important to be the common person, Amanda Wingfield of The Glass Menagerie and Blanche Dubois in A Streetcar Named Desire value blending into the world around them in order to avoid the pressure from society that brings out their most influential weaknesses.
Without anyone to depend on, Blanche Dubois and Amanda Wingfield face more pressure from the environment around them and because of this their vulnerability is highlighted. Blanche from A Streetcar …show more content…
Although her sister, Stella, would seem like the perfect person for her to talk with her troubles about, Stella herself is confused about what happened to Blanche. Williams gives her no one to fall back on and take the stress off her, she is forced to bottle it up inside, which only causes more pressure from the surrounding people and even herself as she is forced to face her past alone. Goes on her first date with a man named Mitch she tells him about herself, making her susceptible to his opinions of the truth (A Streetcar Named Desire). Williams allowed for this to take away some of the pressure she had built up within herself, but this then makes her vulnerable to the pressure Mitch puts on her about the past. Blanche faces pressure from Mitch, and her brother in law, which lead to the weakening of her mental state, and from that she becomes fragile when faced with the opinions of the people around her. In The Glass Menagerie, Amanda is forced to confront society's expectations
Without anyone to depend on, Blanche Dubois and Amanda Wingfield face more pressure from the environment around them and because of this their vulnerability is highlighted. Blanche from A Streetcar …show more content…
Although her sister, Stella, would seem like the perfect person for her to talk with her troubles about, Stella herself is confused about what happened to Blanche. Williams gives her no one to fall back on and take the stress off her, she is forced to bottle it up inside, which only causes more pressure from the surrounding people and even herself as she is forced to face her past alone. Goes on her first date with a man named Mitch she tells him about herself, making her susceptible to his opinions of the truth (A Streetcar Named Desire). Williams allowed for this to take away some of the pressure she had built up within herself, but this then makes her vulnerable to the pressure Mitch puts on her about the past. Blanche faces pressure from Mitch, and her brother in law, which lead to the weakening of her mental state, and from that she becomes fragile when faced with the opinions of the people around her. In The Glass Menagerie, Amanda is forced to confront society's expectations