Sombre Morality : A Study of Tennessee Williams's Sweet Bird of Youth

Md. Naushad A. Khan *

Abstract

Tennessee Williams is one of the most distinguished playwrights in the history of American drama. He has tremendous will power to explore the dark areas of human desire and compulsion. The present study is an analysis of Tennesse Williams's play Sweet Bird of Youth. (1959) It is one of the most prominent plays dealing with the theme of immorality. It is an established fact that his world is replete with death,destruction ,desire, love,romance and sexuality,passing of time and fading of youth and beauty ,isolation, guilt and loneliness. Sweet Bird of Youth presents fleshy corruption and crippled sensitive life. It is the story of two fragmentary and bitter characters who live the miserable lives of hopelessness.

Keywords

Morality death corruption hopelessness isolation guilt and loneliness

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Journal Information

The Interiors

Volume 8, Issue 1

ISSN: 2319-4804

Published: January 2019

Citation

Khan, M. (2026). "Sombre Morality : A Study of Tennessee Williams's Sweet Bird of Youth". The Interiors, 8(1), pp. 61-66.

Corresponding Author

Md. Naushad A. Khan

Associate Professor & Head, Department of English, Soghra College, Biharsharif, Patliputra University, Patna