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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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    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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    Blanche‚ however‚ seems to drink in an almost anti-social manner while keeping it a secret‚ and the results of her drunkenness usually end up causing her to deceive herself. Although the author never states the illness that Blanche is eventually diagnosed with‚ the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental

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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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    Williams focus on what it means to be both powerful and powerless in a variety of contexts. Discuss their exploration of these ideas with reference to both male and females. I will be comparing and contrasting Tennessee Williams play of 1947 ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ with Ian McEwen’ novel ‘Enduring Love’ of 1997. I aim to focus on the theme of power as presented by both authors. The first‚ a play‚ explores how power shifts between men and women such as the way that Blanche’s character loses the power

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    conflict include: - Cultural social class conflict. -Emotional conflict -Group conflict (racial) -Conflict with the characters environment -Physical conflict -Inner conflict. -Spiritual conflict. -Family conflict. "A Streetcar Named Desire" by Tennessee Williams contains many different types

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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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    The last scene in A Streetcar Named Desire where Blanche is getting ready for her departure is such a heartbreaking scene. Blanche continues her routine for a bath and depending on her sister to help her brings the previous events back to normal showing that everyone is acting through habit‚ though it is more of a false reality because it is easier to continue doing the same thing than to confront the issue. After Stella’s child has been born‚ Blanche is waiting for her dream man to pick her up and

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