“It is desire that moves us, and, in moving us, gives our life direction and meaning” (Burton, 2014, pg. 1). The previous quote aptly describes how desire is an ever-present aspect of life. Desire is a feeling that has an effect of any and all actions, whether it is consciously or subconsciously. “A Streetcar Named Desire” by Tennessee Williams is a prime example of how desire affects the lives of everyday people and the impacts of those desires. Williams does this by describing the intertwined lives
Tennessee Williams’s A Streetcar Named Desire earned the dramatist a place in literary history. The play itself laid waste unspeakable taboos; slaughtered many a sacred cow, causing controversies that would spark societal debate for decades to come. Set during 1940s America, based in the city New Orleans - the Southern outpost for the new heterogeneous America. Numerous themes are explored by Williams such as desire, loneliness, and cruelty. However this essay’s primary concern is the Old South vs