Repression and Sublimation issues in the Plays of Tennessee Williams

The dramatic world of Tennessee Williams, one of the most powerful of the twentieth century American dramatists, is filled up with the emotionally disturbed characters trapped in a world of repression. The tension emanating out of psychological repression and attempts of sublimation that Williams experiences in his own life owing to his unfavorable family environment and his own sexual preference, is reflected in his creation. The study finds his plays revealing the creator’s experimentation with the theme of repression with the intention to give his otherwise repressed world a more meaningful communication.The attempt is to minimize the pressure of repression by ensuring the process of sublimation, to give the personal feeling a more meaningful universal outfit, to provide the singular with comprehensive plural response.