Analysis Of Tennesse William's Thirty Notebooks

In the article, “Between the Lines,” the author was asked to read and edit all of Tennesse William’s thirty notebooks that he has written in the duration of writing his plays, poems and other pieces. The thirty notebooks are the behind the scenes of Tennesse Williams as in what he felt or why did he deceide to write that play or name it that specific way. In these notebooks, it consists of Williams talking about his feelings about each of every piece he has ever written. When the author was given the notebooks, it was out of order with missing dates and the author had to do several research in order to put the notebooks in order and to make sense. It was a task for the author, Thorton. In this article, she talks about her experience in where …show more content…
The author, Ellen Dowling begins the article by mentioning the critics of the film version by every reviewer. She summarizes what most of the viewers thought of the film which were positive reviews, but there was one critic, Manny Farber who did not like the film. Dowling starts to compare the play version and the film version of A Streetcar Named Desire. She mentions and finds evidence to wear the film version left some parts out from the original version. In the article, Dowling quoted the director admitting to excluding some of Williams qualities in the play but continued to film the play lacking some important plots of the story. Also, in the film, the director made Blanche look less sexual as a person meanwhile in the play she flirt and kiss other men. The author provides evidence of how different the role Blanche plays in the film and the original play by Willams. There is a character difference with Stanley as well where in the film he is shown to be much more aggressive and brutal to Stella than he really is in the play. The article is based on showing the comparison of the film and the original play made by Tennesee Williams. Dowling points out and shows evidence on what changes the director in the film version made. To summarize the article, Dowling says that the film version of A Streetcar Named Desire was “an undeniably great