Iain Banks the wasp factory
- English Essay
Compare the ways the writers present the disconcerting behaviour in both texts so far.
Firstly, in Tennessee Williams’ “A Streetcar Named Desire”, the writer presents disconcerting behaviour throughout the text. Tennessee Williams uses Stanley to display different types of disturbing behaviour, and the events that occur due to his attitude. Stanley is presented having a masculine, animalistic nature, which includes his open violent behaviour. His animalistic nature is displayed when he ‘charges after Stella’, in scene three of the play, and when there is the ‘sound of a blow’ in the household, indicating that Stanley had physically hurt Stella so much causing her to cry. Critic, Michael Coveney explains that in the play ‘masculinity means aggression, control, physical dominance, and even violence.’ Tennessee Williams proves this point as Stanley is constantly in control and uses his masculinity to take charge in the household. The play as written in the 1950's and in that period of time men were known to have a more masculine and aggressive role in a relationship than our time, so even though the audience of this period of time may see Stanleys abusive actions as destructive and out of order, in the 60's these sort of scenario's would've 'happened already'.
Whereas, in Iain Banks’s, “The Wasp Factory”, the writer presents disturbing behaviour in a similar way, but from a different perspective. Iain Banks similairly presents Frank to have an unusual animalistic yet, predator-like behaviour to portray a different kind of character. Tennessee Williams does present Stanley as the same sort of character, although, Frank is presented in a more disturbing manner. Frank's predator-like behaviour is displayed in the novel when he states that it made him 'feel good to know that i could see him and he couldnt see me', boasting about the fact that he was 'aware and fully conscious and he wasn't'. Iain Banks shows us that Frank has been presented as a very
Compare the ways the writers present the disconcerting behaviour in both texts so far.
Firstly, in Tennessee Williams’ “A Streetcar Named Desire”, the writer presents disconcerting behaviour throughout the text. Tennessee Williams uses Stanley to display different types of disturbing behaviour, and the events that occur due to his attitude. Stanley is presented having a masculine, animalistic nature, which includes his open violent behaviour. His animalistic nature is displayed when he ‘charges after Stella’, in scene three of the play, and when there is the ‘sound of a blow’ in the household, indicating that Stanley had physically hurt Stella so much causing her to cry. Critic, Michael Coveney explains that in the play ‘masculinity means aggression, control, physical dominance, and even violence.’ Tennessee Williams proves this point as Stanley is constantly in control and uses his masculinity to take charge in the household. The play as written in the 1950's and in that period of time men were known to have a more masculine and aggressive role in a relationship than our time, so even though the audience of this period of time may see Stanleys abusive actions as destructive and out of order, in the 60's these sort of scenario's would've 'happened already'.
Whereas, in Iain Banks’s, “The Wasp Factory”, the writer presents disturbing behaviour in a similar way, but from a different perspective. Iain Banks similairly presents Frank to have an unusual animalistic yet, predator-like behaviour to portray a different kind of character. Tennessee Williams does present Stanley as the same sort of character, although, Frank is presented in a more disturbing manner. Frank's predator-like behaviour is displayed in the novel when he states that it made him 'feel good to know that i could see him and he couldnt see me', boasting about the fact that he was 'aware and fully conscious and he wasn't'. Iain Banks shows us that Frank has been presented as a very