Tennessee Williams Research Paper

Tennessee Williams (Thomas Lanier Williams) was born on March 26, 1911, in Columbus, Mississippi. He grew up surrounded with three siblings he was the second of three children. Tennessee was predominantly raise by his mother as his father was more concentrated on his job (salesman) more than his children. This caused Williams to have a complicated relationship with his father.
When Williams father received another job opportunity in St. Louis. The Williams moved to St. Louis, Missouri. In some instances the Williams household became a tense place to live as his parents were always fighting. It was then when Williams turned introverted and started to write as a way to express himself. In 1929 Williams was enrolled in the University of Missouri

Thats when he decided on a name change. He decided on the name Tennessee as his father originated from Tennessee. During his early years wiring he proved himself when he won $100 through a local theatre group contest for young writers. This caught the attention of talent agent, Audrey Wood. Williams eventually Wood as his talent agent. During 1940 Williams Battle of Angels was debuted in Boston but was later renamed (Orpheus Descending) as it didn't receive much attention. Then Orpheus Descending was turned into a movie called The Fugitive Kind. On March, 1945 William’s first play, The Glass Menagerie opened. His mother was his inspiration as she modelled for the young while foolish Amanda Wingfield (lead character). Two years later, the play, A Streetcar Named Desire opened. The young writer won a Pulitzer Prize for the play as it was a masterpiece and brilliantly written.
The 1960’s were a difficult time for Williams as his writing received bad reviews. The writer turned to drugs and alcohol as a coping mechanism as he didn't want to face his problems. In 1969 William’s brother hospitalised him Williams gained a drug and alcohol addiction and was not able to depend on anything else but drugs and alcohol. Shortly after Williams was released from the hospital, he began to write again. He wrote seven Memoirs in 1975. Then on February 25, 1983 he died in a New York City hotel room surround by numerous bottles of wine and