Self-destruction women in Tennyson`s The Lady of Shalott and William`s A Streetcar Named Desire

The dominance of men and patriarchal cultures has always been a controversial topic. No matter how much one might search back to the history, female characters always been put down as secondary comparing to men and this suppression sometimes leads to destruction, literally or metaphorically. Tennyson`s The Lady of Shallot (۱۸۳۳) is a great example of an innocent female who is damaged by patriarchal society. Meanwhile, Tennessee William`s A Street Car named Desire (۱۹۴۷) is also presenting the destruction of women in a male dominant world. The journey of both female characters in these works of art bears similarities and differences. In this paper, I shall compare the main female characters in these works of literature and explain the reason they end tragically. The elements might differ because of the fact that they have been published in different eras with different dominant ideologies but the main point is similar which will be discussed

Keywords:

The Lady of Shallot , Blanche , Stanley , Lancelot , Patriarchal Society , Self-destruction.