Judge, jury, and executioner: The fate of the insane in Tennessee Williams' "Suddenly Last Summer"
by Rush, Kathleen, M.A., FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY, 2009, 53 pages; 1468856

Abstract:

Much of Tennessee Williams' work features mentally ill characters; his devotion to and interest in the subject has led to the composition of many plays that highlight the humanity of the insane, rather than caricaturize them with the usual stereotypes. In Suddenly Last Summer, Williams challenges the social stigmas most "normal" people attach to madness. Throughout the course of the action, the lines dividing sane and insane, normate and non-normate, gradually blur disrupting the audience's social equilibrium. By undermining presumed viewer prejudices toward the mentally ill, Williams creates the opportunity for redrawing the social boundaries of exclusion and inclusion.
 
AdviserTaylor Hagood
SchoolFLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY
SourceMAI/ 48-01, p. , Oct 2009
Source TypeThesis
SubjectsTheater; American literature
Publication Number1468856
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