A Streetcar Named Desire Context

Setting

Homosexuality

War

Genre

Tennessee William's Biography

Mental Health Treatment in America in the 1940's

The American South in the 1940's

New Orleans in the 1940's

Elysian Fields- where Stanley and Stella live

Other literature set in the American South

Tennessee Williams' attitude to homosexuality

Homosexuality and the law

Homosexuality in his other plays

Other American literature with homosexual themes

The American role in World War Two

The American Civil War

Cause of the war

Role of Slavery

Economic implications

Outcome of the war

Other literature inspired in part by War

The tragic hero

The Southern Gothic

European theatre

Anton Chekhov

Henrik Ibsen

Music

Ethnic Diversity

Immigration

Industry

Vieux Carre by Williams

Family and childhood

His sister Rose's mental illness

His career

His relationships

Psychiatric institutions in America in the 1940's

Attitudes towards mental illness in the 1940's

Reference to mental health in other American literature

Reference to mental health in Williams other plays