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Wednesday, February 28, 2007

Tennessee Williams' comment on success:

1. Summarize the core of his arguement.

2. Do you agree with his statement about 'the catastrophe of success'? How so?

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posted by belag at Wednesday, February 28, 2007

6 Comments:

Blogger mr_FiC said...

Tennessee Williams could not accept the change in his lifestyle that comes with such great success. He lived his whole life enduring on his own; now he cannot bear "too many people waiting on you".

I haven't experienced such huge success such as Williams but i think that i would dislike "the emptiness of a life without struggle".

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Blogger \ said...

1. In "The Catastrophe of Success", Tennessee Williams defines "The Glass Menagerie" as a turning point in his life. However, besides changing poverty for riches, the writing of this play made him an indifferent man with a weak spiritual side of his personality.

2. In my opinion, a man who leads a life without struggle is not a man. People need struggle in order to make themselves better people. If you do not experience any kind of struggle, even a nearly trivial one, you know your time has passed. ;)

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Blogger Kate_5kova said...

Tennessee Williams was not able to adjust himself to the differences in his life and all of the things which come along with success. He couldn't stnad people telling him how good his works are and he couldn't find his peace. He thought that no one should clean somebody else's mess and even though he had succeeded, he would continue his struggle. Not everyone can survive success.

I agree with Tennessee Williams'comment. I think that when people have an average life they struggle and find their way through. But once success happens to them they can lose their head. They will be famous and everyone will admire them. But if they have forgotten how to struggle, they won't be able to handle it because no one will make them favours anymore. People will expect him/her to do favours. That's why sometimes success and security can be dangerous.

9:00 AM

 
Blogger Max said...

1) He divides his life into two segments, divided with the point called THE GLASS MENAGERIE. That's what changed his life. He now became a successful person, he says, but after spending some time living this life, that's not the best thing that could happen to him. On the opposite, it made him depressed, a life without struggle; emptiness included.

2. I do not agree with his statement. He says success is a catastrophe because it ends the struggle, and makes your life empty. However, becoming successful is not an easy journey, the acomplishing of this goal should offer us enough satisfaction that we won't need any new struggles, but simply enjoy success...


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Blogger elenka said...

Tennessee Williams has spend half of his life fighting to succeed, but then at the age of thirty-four success came to him together with fame and fortune. He disliked this kind of life and he couldn't adjust to it. He believed that one should struggle in order to enjoy their life.
Even though i have never experienced such fame as Williams i thimk i think i would't like "the emptiness of a life without struggle"

9:03 AM

 
Blogger nderim said...

Section seventeen.

The three segments of this section talk about the man-woman conflict. Even in Kiowa's time there were social classes which would divide people in different groups, according to their possession in the society.
Troughout the history, women have always been discriminated and they have been used to serve the men's needs. Like women of most civilization, the Kiowa women were facing difficult time working the land of performing any kind of work. They were also taken away from their homeland or from their husbands(Helen of Troy). Men, on the other hand, were mostly used in war. Those of who were physicaly or mentaly incapable to serve to the army were pushed away and left alone. The example form the first subpart of the seventeenth section with the blind, handsome man who was left alone by those who were preeminent in war, proves it. It is also supported by the historical evidence.

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