田纳西·威廉斯通过自己的“南方人”视角,在作品中刻画了一系列具有典型南方特性的男性人物,从而展示了成长与生活在20世纪上半期的美国南方绅士各自所经历的非男性化、非人化和物化的现象,并阐发了现代物质文明对于人的异化主题。这是处于历史交替时期的南方人在物质崇拜和精神空虚挤压下所必然承受的命运,也表现了威廉斯对于南方旧文化的眷恋、反思和批判。 Tennessee Williams, through his “Southerner” perspective, portrays a series of male characters with typical southern features in his works, thus demonstrating the non-masculinity of the southern American gentlemen who grew up and lived in the first half of the 20th century Dehumanization and materialization, and elucidated the theme of alienation of human beings by modern material civilization. This is the inevitable southeastern destiny of Southerners under the materialistic worship and spiritual emptiness under the turn of history. It also shows Williams’ attachment, reflection and criticism to the old southern culture.