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Article: Rule by power: "Big Daddyism" in the world of Tennessee Williams's plays.(Special Issue: Tennessee Williams)
- Article from:
- The Mississippi Quarterly
- Article date:
- September 22, 1995
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1995 Mississippi State University. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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"Doublethink," "Newspeak," and "Thought Control"; "Big Brother Is Watching
You" and "Big Brother Will Never Die"; "Who Controls the Past Controls the
Future" and "Who Controls the Present Controls the Past"; "War Is Peace,"
"Freedom Is Slavery and "Ignorance Is Strength." Catch-22: illogical,
irrational, chaotic, and unjust; no reason, crazy, and insane; amoral and
incomprehensible; omnipotent and omnipresent; ironic and contradictory;
suppressive and destructive; unconquerable; surreal. "They know what they are