Williams's Sweet Bird of Youth: A Naturalistic Reading

Abstract

The study on "Williams's Sweet Bird of Youth: A Naturalistic Reading" tries to disclose the reality of human nature which is reflected by the environment, desires, heredity, and emotion. In the play, Chance always wants to take benefits from women by showing his boyism when he becomes young and handsomeness and he can ready be to involve in sexual relationship as economic source or romance. Among these activities, the society cannot give him freedom to apply them openly. These kinds of desires, natures and emotions, the society always forbids to us to extend openly in the society. This play would be experiment where Williams discovers and analyzes about the forces or scientific laws that influenced behavior. In addition, Boss Finley is leader of the society. His nature leads about the characters' desires where he is controlling to do in the society. It is influenced with his nature and heredity. This heredity forces to control to the lower position of person where Chance wants to marry with Finley's daughter but he denies their relationship to do marry because Chance is very poor person. And he wants to give his daughter to Dr. Scudder for luxurious life because Scudder has lots of money. Chance only wants to meet and marry to Heavenly because she is his old girlfriend as well as sweet heart. Hence, this play Sweet Bird of Youth captures the experience of human nature, behaviors, desires and etc. which are studied by the environment, heredity, emotion etc. in naturalism.