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When and where did Williams die? What was he surrounded by? - ️️1983 in a NYC
Hotel Room surrounded by bottles of wine and pills
What was Tennessee's sister's name? Describe her and their relationship. - ️️older
sister Rose was emotionally fragile (said to have schizophrenia), and Willia...
Tennessee Williams
When and where did Williams die? What was he surrounded by? - ✔️✔️1983 in a NYC
Hotel Room surrounded by bottles of wine and pills
What was Tennessee's sister's name? Describe her and their relationship. - ✔️✔️older
sister Rose was emotionally fragile (said to have schizophrenia), and Williams was
closest to her of any other family members.
What was Williams's birth name? - ✔️✔️Thomas Lanier Williams
Give a Williams quote that reflects his opinion on life's struggles? In what book can this
be found? - ✔️✔️"If I got rid of my demons, I'd lose my angels" - Conversations with
Tennessee Williams
When and where was Williams born? - ✔️✔️1911 in Mississippi
Names of Williams's parents - ✔️✔️Edwina and Cornelius Coffin
What was Tennessee's brother's name? - ✔️✔️younger brother Walter Dakin
Describe William's family. - ✔️✔️very dysfunctional. emotionally fragile sister, traveling
shoe salesman father who was barely home, never liked his brother, grandfather a
reverand
What was Williams's father's job? - ✔️✔️traveling shoe salesman
Williams was happy until his family moved where and when? - ✔️✔️St. Louis, Missouri
in 1918
What high schools did Williams attend? Which did he graduate from? - ✔️✔️Soldan HS
and University City HS, grad from University City HS
In what work does Williams reference Soldan HS? - ✔️✔️The Glass Menagerie
What university did Williams attend until his father took him out? What did he study
there? - ✔️✔️University of Missouri, studied journalism
What were two possible reasons Williams's father removed him from his first university?
- ✔️✔️1. girlfriend distraction / 2. failing the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC)
program there
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