"A Streetcar Named Desire works as a drama because of the conflicts between Stanley and Blanche." Discuss. The themes of A streetcar Named Desire are mainly built on conflict‚ the conflicts between men and women‚ the conflicts of race‚ class and attitude to life‚ and these are especially embodied in Stanley and Blanche. Even in Blanche’s own mind there are conflicts of truth and lies‚ reality and illusion‚ and by the end of the play‚ most of these conflicts have been resolved. At the beginning
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In the conflict between Blanche and Stanley was it inevitable that Stanley would be the victor? In Tennessee Williams play "A Streetcar Named Desire" two of the main characters Stanley and Blanche persistently oppose each other‚ their differences eventually spiral into Stanley’s rape of Stella. Stanley (Stella’s husband) represents a theme of realism in the play; he is shown as a primitive‚ masculine character that is irresistible to Stella and on some levels even to his "opponent" Stella’s sister
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A Streetcar Named Desire Blanche and Stanley‚ two characters of Tenessee Williams’ play A Streetcar Named Desire‚ represent two very conflicting personalities. Stanley‚ Blanche’s sister Stella’s aggressive husband‚ portrays strong tones of anger‚ rage‚ and frustration. However‚ although his behavior is without a doubt over-bearing and rough‚ in a way he displays realism and truth as well. On the other hand‚ the play’s true protagonist Blanche exerts enthusiasm‚ spunk‚ and elaborate nostalgia. These
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Summary Stella and Blanche are in the bedroom on an August afternoon. Blanche breaks out in laughter at the untruthfulness of the letter she has just finished writing to Shep Huntleigh‚ prompting Stella to ask her about the letter’s contents. Blanche gleefully reads the letter aloud. In it‚ she suggests that she visit Shep in Dallas‚ and she claims that she and Stella have been amusing themselves with society parties and visits to luxurious country homes. Stella finds no humor in her sister’s stories
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Blanche was a lady in her own eyes. She was into more old traditions than her sister. Blanche was living in her fantasy world and not the real world. Blanche always need compliments were as Stella did not need them to make her feel good about herself. Blanche thought men were to always be gentlemen no matter what just like in the old days. Stella being the new kind of south women knew that men weren’t always gentlemen. Stella was like a yes women when it came to Stanley. She always took him
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IV Honors 17 January 2012 A Streetcar Named Desire: Stanley Kowalski In the play A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams‚ an insensitive and cruel character named Stanley Kowalski is depicted. His juxtaposition to Stella Kowalski‚ his mild mannered and sensitive wife‚ accentuates his character flaws making them even more prominent and dramatic throughout the play. Through Stanley’s conflicts with Blanche DuBois and his rapist-like sexual advances‚ Stanley becomes the perfect villainous
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Blanche‚ Stella’s older sister‚ until recently a high school English teacher in Laurel‚ Mississippi. She arrives in New Orleans a loquacious‚ witty‚ arrogant‚ fragile‚ and ultimately crumbling figure. Blanche once was married to and passionately in love with a tortured young man. He killed himself after she discovered his homosexuality‚ and she has suffered from guilt and regret ever since. Blanche watched parents and relatives‚ all the old guard‚ die off‚ and then had to endure foreclosure on the
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^^^^^^^^^^A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE: BLANCHE DUBOIS Blanche is an English teacher‚ but she’s one of a kind. You’d never forget her if you took her course. Shortly before the play begins‚ Blanche has lost her job. She wasn’t fired for poor teaching skills‚ however. The superintendent’s letter said Blanche was "morally unfit for her position." That’s probably a fair evaluation of a teacher who seduced one of the seventeen-year-old boys in her class. Also‚ Blanche’s sexual exploits so outraged the
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subordinated to men‚ Blanche steps out of her assumed female role to challenge men’s authority‚ specifically Stanley in order to better her situation‚ which from the beginning we know will not end well because she has no support‚ no husband and is therefore why she turns to promiscuity “intimacies with strangers was all I seemed able to fill my empty hearty with”‚. Blanche is a character
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‘A Streetcar named Desire‚’ is an interesting play‚ by Tennessee Williams. The character ’Blanche DuBois’ is created to evoke sympathy‚ as the story follows her tragic deterioration in the months she lived with her sister Stella‚ and brother-in-law Stanley. After reading the play‚ I saw Blanche as the victim of Stanley’s aggressive ways‚ and I also saw her as a hero in my eyes. Blanche’s devistating past is just one of the reasons I felt sympathy for her. Troubled from her past‚ Blanche has a
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