How Did Tennessee Williams Contribute To The Great Gatsby

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Tennessee Williams. F. Scott Fitzgerald. Sylvia Plath. All dynamic writers from drastically different backgrounds. But they all have one thing in common. Their works have offered a relatable escape that in turn influenced the culture around them. By utilizing a crazy writing process, New Orleans jazz, and constantly changing character Williams produced a play that came to influence how elements of popular media and how it is introduced. Fitzgerald novel “The Great Gatsby” provided reliability and solace for those in the center of The Great Depression. Plath’s poems presented challenging, controversial ideas that came to be common ideas in today's time. Regardless of their contributions each writer brought something different to the table that …show more content…

The father from Faulkner's “Barn Burning”, the husband from the Hurston’s “The Yellow Wallpaper” and the bible salesman from O'Connor's “Good Country People” are all good examples. However the main difference between Williams characters and the ones listed above is the amount they change. Many characters simply change in the readers or views eyes from “good” to “bad”. However Williams character's personality and motives change multiple times as the story continues. Blanche DuBois is a perfect example of this, as the viewer's opinion of her constantly changes depending on the scene at hand. This leads the consumer constantly guessing on which side of the character to believe. Author F. Scott Fitzgerald often seen as the man who wrote “The Great Gatsby”and thanks to a recent Amazon Video series, the writer who seriously wronged his wife. But he introduced many new literary ideals and explicated many ideas that at the time of their publishing perfectly aligned with and resonated with the American people. His work “The Great Gatsby” is seen as an exploration of the American dream and what it's like to fail when one's trying so hard to stay afloat, which at the time following the novels publishing was the relatable reality for many