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