Compare and contrast the presentation of complicated family relationships in Tennessee Williams’s ‘Streetcar’ [1947] and Oyinkan Braithwaite’s ‘My Sister the Serial Killer’ [2018]
Compare and contrast the presentation of complicated family relationships in Tennessee Williams’s ‘Streetcar’ [1947] and Oyinkan Braithwaite’s ‘My Sister the Serial Killer’ [2018]
Both texts explore the complex relationships between two sisters in which one heavily relies on the other in a Streetcar Named Desire, Stella eventually prioritizes her own satisfaction over her sister’s actions. Furthermore, both texts feature a male romantic figure that challenges the sisters’ relationship. Stanley comes between Stella and Blanche. Similar to how Tade challenges Korede’s loyalty toward her sister. Ultimately, Stella chooses her lover while Korede relinquishes her moral compass in order to make her sister’s world a reality. Finally, both texts feature the spectral presence of the characters’ fathers who, despite being dead, manifest themselves in the actions of their children.
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