Sweet Bird of Youth Tennessee Williams

Tennessee Williams’ protagonist; Chance Wayne, in the play Sweet Bird of Youth, is a persona that stimulates a perplexed, troubled kind of empathy in the reader. Chance’s constant battle with the passage of time, his demons, his past and failures...

The theme of delusional love and its consequences is explored throughout the play, being overtly introduced when Chance reveals to Princess his motive for returning to St. Cloud. In this essay I will touch on the complex concept of ‘love’ as it is...

As a ‘psychological’ dramatist, Tennessee Williams uses Carl Jung’s archetypes of “collective unconsciousness” that mankind possesses to deliver powerful messages. As such, most of his popular plays - including ‘Sweet Bird of Youth’- all encompass...

As a psychological dramatist who himself had suffered from the cruel ageing process, Williams delves into human nature’s Achilles’ heel: the impact of the passage of time. Through a complex portrayal of the dramatis personae and various elements...