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Symbols of cat on a hot tin roof by Tennessee Williams(PDF)

《长安大学学报（社科版）》[ISSN:1671-6248/CN:61-1391/C]

Issue:
2007年03期
Page:
86-89
Research Field:
文学研究
Publishing date:
2007-09-20

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Title:
Symbols of cat on a hot tin roof by Tennessee Williams
Author(s):
LI Zao-xia1;  LUO Yong2;  LIU Rong3
1. School of Foreign Languages, Changan University, Xian 710054, Shaanxi, China; 2. School of Graduate, Xian International Studies University, Xian 710054, Shaanxi, China 3. School of Design Art, Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, Chongqing 400053, China
Keywords:
literature;  British and American literature;  Tennessee Williams;  symbol;  animal
PACS:
I1-06.3
DOI:
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Abstract:
Tennessee Williams is a great American playwright whose plays are always emerged in the atmosphere of a romantic gentility, making a strong contrast with the distorted relations of family members depicted in the play such as cat on a hot tin roo f. In this play, a lot of symbols such as animals,fire and water are employed. This study analyses these symbols by applying new criticism so as to interpret the play. And the conclusion is that family is not a warm place any longer where love is being regarded as anything but the essence of love.And people in the modern world should have a strong desire for love.

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Last Update: 2007-09-20