• Dr. Asha G. Dhumal

Literature is the soul of nation which guides and suggests the culture, tradition, history and belief of the particular nation. English literature is universal as it is an international language of communication. Each nation has their own specific literature in English i.e. British literature, Indian English Literature, Russian Literature, American literature etc. An American playwright Thomas Lanier Williams III who is also known as Tennessee Williams. He was the contemporary of Eugene O'Neill and Arthur Miller. He is regarded among the three foremost playwrights of 20th-century American drama. He was a versatile literary figure. He has written plays, novels, stories, screenplays, teleplays, Short Stories, one act plays, poetry, and non-fiction. The Glass Menagerie (1944) in New York City, A Streetcar Named Desire (1947), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1955), Sweet Bird of Youth (1959), and the Night of the Iguana (1961) are some of his famous plays. His drama A Streetcar Named Desire is often numbered on short lists of the finest American plays of the 20th century with Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey into Night and Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman. This paper aims to discuss in various themes that we come across in the drama ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ written by Tennessee Williams who is known as one of the most acknowledged American dramatist.

A Streetcar Named Desire, Tennessee Williams, American literature, Drama, character, orphan, Blanche, etc.

"“Various Themes of “A Streetcar Named Desire” (The Play by Tennessee Williams)", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no.1118-1122, May-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1905S68.pdf

"“Various Themes of “A Streetcar Named Desire” (The Play by Tennessee Williams)", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no. pp1118-1122, May-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1905S68.pdf