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    The inevitable extinction of the morals and values of the aristocratic society that Blanche‚ the main protagonist has come to represent is clearly implied through the course of scene 10. Her illusions‚ the very foundation of her life‚ are destroyed and this reflects the decay in her power‚ status‚ and mental capacity. Symbolically‚ this scene is used by Williams to show the death of the aristocratic values of Blanche. Blanche herself realises this and believes she is in “desperate circumstances”

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    I was very disappointed‚ and frankly‚ Blanche DOES come across-- by her own hand-- as rather unstable and needy. Blanche‚ though her own writings and not through anyone else’s prejudices‚ does not paint a flattering self-portrait here. The most glaring fault is her constant refrain that the world would not leave "innocent" people in peace. Neither Blanche nor Buck was innocent. Buck‚ in every account except Blanche’s prejudicial one‚ seemed to be a darned fool. No sooner was he pardoned from a long

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    In the drama "A Streetcar Named Desire" by Tennessee Williams‚ Blanche Dubois finds her way to the chaotic city of New Orleans in hopes of an escape from her painful life‚ and to find refuge with her younger sister Stella‚ as she is her only living relation. In light of her efforts to forget and shed her illicit past‚ she utilizes the bathroom and resorts to the act of bathing. Blanche’s continuous desire for the bathroom manifests escape from those around her and a need for cleansing away her wrong

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    Compare and Contrast the disturbing behavior In The Wasp Factory and A Streetcar Named Desire Disturbing behavior is clearly shown throughout both The Wasp Factory and A Streetcar Named Desire with representations of how the outside world effects and distorts the human mind through characters Blanche‚ Stella and Stanley in A Streetcar… and Frank‚ Eric and their father in The Wasp Factory. I aim to explore and compare the two depictions of the disturbed mind by finding similar themes within

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    A Streetcar Named Desire – Final Assessment 1. The title A Streetcar Named Desire holds both literal and figurative meaning. Blanche DuBois takes an actual streetcar namedDesire” to transport her to the home of her sister. Blanche is literally brought to the home of the Kowalski’s by “Desire‚” but she is also brought there by her very own desire. Blanche’s sexual intimacies held with many men has ruined her reputation and driven her out of her home town. Blanche is longing and wishing to start

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    In Tennessee Williams’ play‚ A Streetcar Named Desire‚ the character of Blanche Dubois is a vivid example of the use of symbolism throughout the play. Blanche wants to view things in an unrealistic way. "I don’t want realism. I want magic…I try to give that to people. I misrepresent things to them. I don’t tell truth‚ I tell what ought to be truth…" (Blanche p.117). She doesn’t want reality; instead she wishes to view a rose-colored version of life that goes along with her old-fashioned southern

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    Blanche makes superficially charming comments to Stanley that subtly insult his lower-class disposition. Stanley is unusually rude to Blanche. He insinuates that he has acquired knowledge of Blanche’s past and asks her if she knows a certain man named Shaw. Blanche falters immediately at the mention of Shaw’s name and answers evasively‚ replying that there are many Shaws in the world. Stanley goes on to say that the Shaw he met often travels to Blanche’s hometown of Laurel‚ Mississippi‚ and that

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    How and why is the Grotesque Used in Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire? Throughout this semester‚ we were introduced to varying degrees of literary styles and themes. From the epiphanies discovered through American Realism‚ to the skepticism explored through Literary Modernism‚ to the conflicts of social conformity and individualism approached by a Post-Modernistic America and its writers. We have had the great opportunity of being exposed to individuals who questioned and pushed

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    A Streetcar Named Desire Tennessee Williams play "A Streetcar Named Desire" presents a fragment from the lives of a few individuals who meet in less desirable circumstances and eventually produce one of the most remarkable American modern tragedies. The main characters of this story are Blanche DuBois‚ Stella Kowalski‚ Stanley Kowalski and Harold “Mitch” Mitchell‚ and Eunice. The play begins with a verse from “The Broken Tower” by Hart Crane which Williams uses with the intent to prepare the reader

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    Blanche is the most sympathetic character Blanche is most sympathetic character in Tennessee William’s’ A Streetcar Names Desire. At first the audience’s reactions to Blanche would be negative because of her judgment and action. However‚ as Williams reveals more details about her past the audience start to feel that why she did like that‚ and events in her life beyond her control have led her to be this way and‚ would certainly feel sympathy for her. Blanche had sad past. Her young husband ‚Allan

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