Desire On Allegory: Symbolic And Allegorical Representations In Tennessee William’S Plays

<p><i><b>Desire on Allegory</b></i> a book <i>subtitled as Symbolic and Allegorical representtations in Tennessee Williams' plays</i> is a study on AllegorySymbolism and Imagery. Williams once said in the foreword to Camino Real a symbol in a play has only one legitimate purpose which is to say a thing more directly and simply and beautifully than it could be said in words(Williams). Symbolism is used along with imagery and allegory to that effect in his works namely <i>Cat on a Hot Tin Roof</i> and <i>A Streetcar Named Desire.Tennessee William's plays</i> tend to share the same kinds of symbols and motifs; sometimes they achieve the same meaning sometimes not. </p><p>This book covers Tennessee Williams projective identification projective fantasy behavioural Inductions and DeathThe Opposite is Desire.<i>A Streetcar Named Desire (1947)</i> Williams' most famous play and the one that catapulted him to success changed the American theater and won Williams his first Pulitzer prize. Following this smash hit however the playwright staged a series of flops. In 1955 <i>Cat on a Hot Tin Roof</i> vaulted Williams back into the theatrical stratosphere. It took eight years but he had produced another serious blockbuster - a play that was simultaneously a significant artistic achievement and a box-office draw.<i>Cat on a Hot Tin Roof</i> proved to be the last of Williams' great successes - as he lamented late in life in the article I am widely regarded as the ghost of a writer(William). </p>