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    In a Streetcar Named Desire - there is a conflict between Illusion and reality‚ Blanche Dubois arrives in New Orleans with the impression of a patronising‚ wealthy school teacher who has no time for those who she believes to be below her class as we see in her rudeness to Eunice at the very beginning. As the play progresses we see that Blanche is merely projecting a persona which hides both her past and the inevitably grim future that awaits her. On the other side we have Blanche’s brother-in-law

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    Christopher Senderos Period. 5 2-14-12 Blanche‚ What is She Really Like? A Street Car Named Desire‚ by Tennessee Williams is a play that was during the 1940’s. In this play there is a woman‚ her name is Blanche. Blanche has many ways of showing herself. When she first arrives in New Orleans‚ where her sister lives‚ she can be seen as a flirty woman‚ a deceiver‚ a pushy and rude woman. Blanche has many ways of showing herself being flirty at the beginning of the play. When Blanche

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    Analysis of Major Characters Blanche DuBois When the play begins‚ Blanche is already a fallen woman in society’s eyes. Her family fortune and estate are gone‚ she lost her young husband to suicide years earlier‚ and she is a social pariah due to her indiscrete sexual behavior. She also has a bad drinking problem‚ which she covers up poorly. Behind her veneer of social snobbery and sexual propriety‚ Blanche is an insecure‚ dislocated individual. She is an aging Southern belle who lives in a state

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    “Passion is both liberating and imprisoning” Compare and contrast ways on which two of your chosen writers present in the light of this comment. ‘Passion’ – A very strong emotion or a sexual desire? ‘Enduring Love’ and ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ are both novels that show off different aspects on ‘passion’. The two authors portray ‘passion’ to be a key element in their relationships. However with ‘passion’ comes an emotional consequence‚ whether it being it making you feel ‘liberated’ or ‘imprisoned’

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    shame‚ or even to protect the people around us. However‚ consequently‚ the act of self-deception can be disastrous‚ not only for the delinquent‚ but also for those around them. This is continuously depicted in Tennessee Williams’ play‚ A Streetcar named Desire‚ as the protagonist‚ Blanche Dubois‚ spins a web of deceitful lies to escape the painful truth of her past. It isn’t only Blanche‚ however‚ that find them self a victim of their own self -deception‚ struggling to free themselves from the strong

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    Tennessee William’s A Streetcar named Desire follows the story of Blanche DuBois who seeks a new life away from the tribulations and wrongs of her past. In attempt to relieve herself from her previous life‚ Blanche goes to live with her sister‚ Stella‚ in New Orleans‚ where she is does not it into the norm displayed in such society. Through Blanche’s estrangement in New Orleans‚ it displays how the society valued wealth and superiority. Blanche Dubois portrays herself as one of high-maintenance and

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    A poet named Carleton Noyes once said‚ “The human heart has always dreamed of a fairer world than the one it knows.” Part of the human condition is always yearning for something better than what we have. People constantly strive for their idea of a “perfect” life. I agree with this quote because there are several people throughout history that have never failed to push for more and strive for better. Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams supports this idea through the use of strong literary

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    To be insane is a state of mind that prevents normal perception‚ behavior‚ or social interaction. Stella Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire is perceived as a fragile young pregnant woman who is married to a drunkard named Stanley. Their relationship seems to be primarily based on their sexual desires for one another but maybe it goes beyond for Stella. In the play‚ Blanche‚ Stella’s sister‚ arrives at Stanley and Stella’s apartment out of the blue and asks to stay with them if they don’t mind.

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    The Characters of the Play "Streetcar Named Desire" by Tennessee Williams Have Their Desires Vanish In Front of Their Eyes While the Characters Pursue Them In the play "Streetcar Named Desire" by Tennessee Williams Blanche had to take the streetcar that is named Desire‚ switch to the one that is called Cemeteries and then to get off at Elysian Fields; Williams’ use of these names for the streetcars and the street itself summarizes the development of the main characters of the play. Every character

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    In A Streetcar Named Desire‚ Williams endeavored to prove the contrary urges guiding the varieties and engagements of ultimately fragile people inside the context of countless bad forces used by society. Throughout A Streetcar Named Desire‚ Williams tries to contrast the outdated qualities of a previous time with the cruel realism of the harshness that personifies present life. An inspection of the figurative association between reality and appearance in the play tells the divergence of these two

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