But as Williams takes the reader through Elysian Fields, it becomes apparent that appearances are deceiving. It's easy to make an initial judgement that Stella and Stanley are unhappy in their lives given their socio-economic status (or the fact that Stanley is a misogynistic jerk who hits his pregnant wife. and the mystery lies in who the misery truly affects. In the end, Williams' tale is one of misery. It also provides the soundtrack as the reader is told the backstory of the characters and how they've gotten to this place and time. It informs the reader of the social strata in which Stanley and Stella reside and in contrast, highlights the difference in Blanche's supposed highbrow lifestyle. The way polka and jazz piano emphasize the current happenings and foreshadow the future is innovative and cements the reader's presence within the story. Music plays such an essential role in the story of Stanley, Stella and Blanche. [ Update: Well, my lovely friend Becca just completely de-validated the entire first paragraph of my review with this little note.ĭid you know that when you read a published play, the stage directions that are written are generally not the author's creation? They tend to be from the original staging of the play. what it feels like to be poor on a hot New Orleans day, what sounds and smells surround you in Elysian Fields. His descriptions heighten the experience and get you into the mind of the main characters. They simply enhance the surroundings in which the reader finds themselves. For some reason, Tennessee Williams doesn't remove the need for imagination with his stage directions.
However, with the stage directions provided in a script, the reader knows what they're meant to imagine. The wonderful thing about books is that the reader is responsible for imagining the world they are placed in by the author. There's absolutely no point in having a boyfriend if you can't get him to go to the dance with you. (Cut to Lane and Rory walking in the snow.) The parameters of their relationship have not quite yet been defined. Rory is nervous about asking Dean to the dance at Chilton.
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