Volume : V, Issue : III, March - 2016

Creating consciousness using marginalised women in Literature–special reference with William’s the glass menagerie

Dr. S. Meena Priya Dharshini

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: marginalised women   feminism   patriarchy   the glass menagerieTennessee Williams is one of the most highly recognized and prolific American dramatists of the twentieth century. Critics such as Roger Boxill   Lyle Leverich   and Donald Spoto maintain that Williams presents cases for the alienated   the dysfunctional   and other outcasts of society   and that his genius sparks concern for their suffering   which may account for his plays’ enduring popularity. Williams’ first three major plays The Glass Menagerie (1945)   A Streetcar Named Desire (1947)   and Summer and Smoke (1948); present the plight of sensitive   helpless women who are victims in Southern patriarchal society   either degraded or destroyed in their search for identity and security. Through these plays   Williams makes a critical plea for society to address the predicament of marginalized women in a cruel and insensitive world. This paper details   The Glass Menagerie as a representation of marginalised women and literature as a vehicle to make public awareness on patriarchy  

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Dr.S.Meena priya dharshini Creating consciousness using marginalised women in Literature–special reference with William¥s the glass menagerie International Journal of Scientific Research, Vol : 5, Issue : 3 March 2016


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