Men Are the Savage and Brutal Forces of Society
‘Men are the savage and brutal forces of society’. Compare and contrast how masculinity is explored in two texts you have studied in light of this comment.
Masculinity is a theme that has been addressed in society for many years the issue of masculinity is expressed in the texts All new people and Streetcar named desire, the men are seen as brutal forces of society but from different perspectives; One of the 1950’s post war reality and the other reflects the modern freedoms .In the play A Streetcar named Desire, masculinity means aggression, control, physical dominance, and even violence. Accompanying these traits is a general lack of refinement, manners, and sensitivity. One point of view expressed in the play is that this sort of brute masculinity is primitive and sub-human another is that it is attractive and sexually appealing, alternatively freedom and liberalism has left the men in All New People as victims of society, and it has left them without strong role models, power, community, faith or rules.
A Streetcar Named Desire presents a sharp critique of the way the institutions and attitudes of postwar America placed restrictions on women’s lives and how men were given power. Williams uses Blanche’s and Stella’s dependence on men to expose and critique the treatment of women during the transition from the old to the new South. Given this power and reliance the men in A Streetcar named Desire, Stanley being great examples see this as a chance to do whatever he wants whenever he wants without a care for anyone. He is the man who likes to lay his cards on the table. He can understand no relationship between man and woman except a sexual one, where he sees the man's role as giving and taking pleasure from this relationship. He possesses no quality that would not be considered manly in the most basic sense. By more sensitive people, he is seen as common, crude, and vulgar. Centering on the male characters in both plays Stanley and Myron both have manual jobs,
Masculinity is a theme that has been addressed in society for many years the issue of masculinity is expressed in the texts All new people and Streetcar named desire, the men are seen as brutal forces of society but from different perspectives; One of the 1950’s post war reality and the other reflects the modern freedoms .In the play A Streetcar named Desire, masculinity means aggression, control, physical dominance, and even violence. Accompanying these traits is a general lack of refinement, manners, and sensitivity. One point of view expressed in the play is that this sort of brute masculinity is primitive and sub-human another is that it is attractive and sexually appealing, alternatively freedom and liberalism has left the men in All New People as victims of society, and it has left them without strong role models, power, community, faith or rules.
A Streetcar Named Desire presents a sharp critique of the way the institutions and attitudes of postwar America placed restrictions on women’s lives and how men were given power. Williams uses Blanche’s and Stella’s dependence on men to expose and critique the treatment of women during the transition from the old to the new South. Given this power and reliance the men in A Streetcar named Desire, Stanley being great examples see this as a chance to do whatever he wants whenever he wants without a care for anyone. He is the man who likes to lay his cards on the table. He can understand no relationship between man and woman except a sexual one, where he sees the man's role as giving and taking pleasure from this relationship. He possesses no quality that would not be considered manly in the most basic sense. By more sensitive people, he is seen as common, crude, and vulgar. Centering on the male characters in both plays Stanley and Myron both have manual jobs,