Comparison between "King Lear" and "A Streetcar Named Desire"

Tracing Aristotle's tragic hero model in "King Lear" and "A Streetcar Named Desire": Aristotle defines tragedy as a form of drama which imitates noble people through artistically enhanced language and through pitiable and fearful incidents. According to Aristotle, tragedy involves several aspects that eventually lead to catharsis, an emotional cleansing of the audience. Some of these aspects include pity, fear, reversal and recognition. Reversal of fortune (peripeteia) is "an incident in which the tragic hero …

…as proven above. Williams uses more symbolic imagery, intrigues the audience and catches its attention more so than Shakespeare. Shakespeare stays loyal to the model and follows it the way its stated, whereas Williams tries some new things which the make the book seem more original. For example, Williams uses different methods of proving recognition and reversal throughout the book as compared to Shakespeare. Therefore, both authors use the model to better suit the audience.