In his play Williams have efforted to depict his personal expression according to the society after the first world war. This paper endeavour to analyse the Tennessee Williams' "Orpheus Descending" based on the features of Expressionist drama. Theatrically it was a reaction against realism and aimed to show inner psychological realities.
In fact, expressionism dominated the theater for a time in the 1920s. The theories of Expressionism had considerable influence in Germany and Scandinavia. The term can be applied to literature, but only judiciously. century in which a number of painters sought to avoid the representation of external reality and, instead, to project themselves and a highly personal vision of the world. The term refers to a movement in Germany very early in the 20 th. At its height between 19, just before and after the first world war, expressionist writers distorted objective features of the sensory world using symbolism and dream-like elements in their works illustrating the alienating and often emotionally overwhelmed sensibilities. centuries as a response to bourgeois complacency and the increasing mechanization and urbanization of society.
Expressionism arose in Europe in the late 19 th and early 20 th.
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