The Theme Of Menshonesty In Cat On A Hot Tin Roof

The psychological approach views literature through the lens of psychology. There are multiple approaches to the psychological aspect of literature but the two most recognized are the Freudian and Jungian approach. The best approach to use when critically analyzing the novel Of Mice and Men, written by John Steinbeck, is the Jungian approach. Because the novel’s main theme is a struggle with the idea of “self”, using this approach allows the reader to understand the main character, its influences, and ultimately his actions.

Throughout the 1950’s, the United States belonged to the Leave It To Beaver era. Families were structured around a strong, hard working father and a wonderful homemaker mother. Children were brought up with solid ideologies on what society expects from them and were warned about living a different and dangerous life. Only one-year separates Tennessee William’s Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and James Baldwin’s Giovanni’s Room from there publishing dates during this decade of unwavering beliefs. These texts were seen as extremely controversial during their time due to their themes of homosexuality. Sexual orientation was an awkward topic during such a “to the book” time period and these texts pushed the limits, making them remarkable and memorable works. Both Tennessee Williams and James Baldwin explore the panic men experience while trying to comprehend what sexual orientation they belong to and highlight the masculine gay man. These texts also examine the woman’s role in the mist of it all.

“The Haunting of Emile Griffith” by Bob Herbert, presents Emile Griffith as an average individual, briefly describes the Paret v.s. Griffith fight in vivid imagery, and tackles society’s twisted view of homosexuality. Considering the article was printed approximately 40 years after the big fight, tensions have calmed down and people can analyze the surrounding circumstances with logic and rationality rather than emotion. Ultimately, the texts main purpose is to emphasize society’s distorted view of homosexuality and to present Griffith as a victim through the use of tone, diction, and credibility.

This part of the play also shows that the family is not as happy as

“A drunk man’s words are an honest man’s thoughts,” as the saying goes. And in the lore of drunken family get togethers, as the loom ever closer, usually the most damning of anecdotes and artifacts come to surface to shock those into fits of anger, confusion and perhaps even out of love. The truth hurts, after all. But like anyone who’s suffered through a challenging Thanksgiving dinner or worse, a death in the family, the pains of truth can be a baptism of fire. The truth is fire underneath Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, and Tennessee Williams commands it with aplomb.

Too lonely? Too gay?” (par. 9). Pollitt informs us about the double standard that can occur in the family, such as if the son liked to

Within modern-day America, there are certain societal standards based on sexual relationships. Within the poem, the narrator, a young woman, questions why she has to “wear the brand of shame; /whilst he amid the gay and proud/still bears an honored name” (Harper 26-28). Within her poem, Harper exposes the hypocrisy of the

Treatment of Women in Literature and the Real World A woman’s role in life is an important element in literature and in the real world. Two literary works that talk about women’s roles are Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck and Arthur Miller’s play, Death of a Salesman. In both works there are few representations of women and what they are supposed to do. In Of Mice and Men and Death of a Salesman the women are expected to do the housework and comply with what their husband tells them.

Nevertheless, I appreciate William’s compassion towards her as audiences see their flawed lives echoed in hers. Subsequently, “mendacity is a system we live in” as it links contextually to Williams societal perceptions, by devising characters around these stereotypical mendacious Americans, highlights the corruption within society. In ‘Cat on a Hot Tin Roof’ however, instead of illusions we’re presented with truth regarding characters and their relationships. In all three plays studied above, Williams utilises an Ibsen-like technique of retrospective exposition: “the [pasts] never dead, it isn’t even the past.” Brick’s state of denial regarding life (and possible homosexuality) causes him to degrade Maggie. Maggie however publically rejects the heteronormative role of the Southern Belle and submissive wife, instead displaying her newfound authority in the town. Yet modern feminists may argue Maggie’s a ‘dependent creature’ tied by societal constraints, forcing her to occupying “the same cage” as

Of Mice and Men is a novel written by John Steinbeck. In this novel, there are many themes about human nature. Some themes throughout the novel include friendship, dreams, and loneliness. Each theme is relevant in human nature and how they are involved in the novel. Friendship is the main and first theme that needs to be mentioned.

Tennessee Williams employs themes of loneliness, death and decay that pervade the play. These themes interact and build off one another in order to reveal that life has both its high and low points. Times when we feel our greatest with the ones that we love around us are accompanied by darker moments of feeling alone and vice versa. Through Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Tennessee Williams reveals to his audience the rollercoaster that we know as life.

Of Mice and Men had many themes that ran through the course of the book. It was through George and Lennie’s friendship that these themes were visible. These themes influence the course of the book. Steinbeck crafted his book to make the unlikely friendship shine throughout the plot. Loneliness, friendship, and dreams are central themes that use the relationship of George and Lennie throughout the novel.

In addition, a historically misrecognition constructs homosexuality as the deviant. According to Fraser (1998: 141), misrecognition is a ‘status injury’, which marks certain identifications as the deviation from a normal condition. For example, from a heterosexist’s perspective, HIV is assumed as a disease that is diffused between gay men, which they have been targeted as the key group to prevent HIV (Rosengarten, 2009). Besides, gay men’s bodies are labelled as ‘virus carriers’, and it links with the norm of moral degeneracy. Indeed, to associate gay men with HIV carriers conveys an injustice of their status, which can be seen as the social patterns of evaluation and interpretation (Fraser, 1998: 143-144). Young (1990) uses homophobia as the

In the play Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Tennessee Williams explores the depth of human feeling and the melancholy and drama of a family that has to live a life as the world dictates it. He explores the mendacity and deception in human behavior and questions institutions that are taken for granted, especially the institution of marriage and family. Through different character types, a drunkard, a greedy lawyer, hypocritical reverend, woman that serve always in the interest of their own family, emphasizing their domestic roles, he depicts situations from everyday life. In one of his interviews he clearly defined his purpose of writing this play by saying: “I’m trying to catch the true quality of experience in a group of people, that cloudy, flickering,

The governess has been bored and longing for emotional stimulation for her whole life, and she gets a taste of it when she goes to London. She convinces herself that if she takes the job working for the gentleman, she too will become a part of his world, and live the life she imagines he lives in his impressive home. She was excited in London and assumes that she will be excited at Bly, however, Bly proves to be disappointing because she is bored there too. There is nothing wrong with the children and nothing interesting about the property (aside from its aesthetic grandeur,) so she creates an adventure for herself, so that she might have the opportunity to feel something. During her journey to Bly, the governess has the feeling that "this