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But because she supresses her physical attraction to him she becomes both frigid and hysterical

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John on the other hand believes all talk of the soul to be so much mumbo jumbo as he embarks on a life of lechery and debauchery earning for himself a bad name among the pillars of the community

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Williams depiction of smalltown prejudice narrowness and desperation is applicable today due to his searing immortal character portraits

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Tennessee williams’ summer and smoke is performed in two acts

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Alma has loved john since childhood but he returns from medical school wild and reckless drinking gambling whoring and frequenting a disreputable casino on the outskirts of town

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But too much time has passed too many things have occurred for the two to come together

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It is interesting to compare alma with blanche from a streetcar named desire in many respects both are the same woman at different points in life alma beginning the sexual slide that will end in blanche’s insanity

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Alma has spent her life devoted to her father the church and to performing the parsonage duties that ordinarily would have been the responsibility of the wife