Monday, January 25, 2010
Thoughts on My Research Topic
I chose to do my research paper on Tennessee Williams. During my sophomore year, after reading his very intriguing short story "A Streetcar Named Desire" I became very interested in his imagery, description, and very multi-dimensional characters. One of the characters that intrigued me the most during that story was Blanche. She was a very aristocratic, pre-antebellum southern belle. After seeing the struggles that Blanche went through during the story and learning that Tennessee Williams was gay I wondered if Blanche could be a self-reflection of him and if it isn't some sort of his self reflection where did the inspiration for her character come from. I'm not actually sure what angle I want to take with this paper yet, but I hope to utilize "A Streetcar Named Desire" and learn more about Tennessee Williams' life.
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Williams is certainly an interesting fellow. Your initial thoughts about him are a good starting point; see what you can find. Remember that your partner should be looking over your writings before you post them to the blog. We want to cut down on the errors even though we might not eliminate them completely.
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