[Stella is on her own in a room in Eunice’s flat. There is a neatly made bed with white sheets in the middle of the room‚ in which Stella is sitting down‚ sipping from a glass of water. The door to the room was previously closed and locked by Stella‚ claiming she was going to change clothes and needed privacy. There is an open window on the right side of the bed‚ facing a building which lights are all off. Stanley’s and Eunice’s voices can be recognized above the background screams heard] Stella:
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To What Dramatic Effect Does the Playwright Make Use of Light and Sound? A Streetcar Named Desire is a play written by Tennessee Williams in 1947. Like in many other modern plays‚ here the playwright makes an extensive use of stage effects: the ideas are expressed not only through words‚ but also by sound‚ music and light. They are used to set the context and the mood of the scene – or of the play in general; to implicitly suggest an idea‚ an action; to show the feelings of a character‚ and to let
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it’s a dream as common as stupidity. Ryan was the first man to confess his dislike of those (men) who practice homosexuality. You don’t know why you were so hurt when he spoke from his belly. You probably were more so afraid of the solitude that comes of not being liked. And yet‚ you intentionally closed yourself off from him to increase self comfort. As with many people‚ you usually find flaws in another to disassociate and‚ as with Ryan‚ it brings you joy and then heartbreak. As a result‚ you move
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[The lights are dim‚ slowly turning on. The polka is playing now‚ but out of tune and deflated. On the stage‚ we see Blanche‚ looking like a trapped animal sitting at Mitch’s spot at the poker table. A door opens from Stanley and Stella’s bedroom as we see Stella. The two look sullen as they exchange eye-contact] STELLA: If I had half a mind‚ little sister… BLANCHE: Oh indeed. Sometimes I even wonder if you have a mind at all! Or a heart! Maybe your brute of a husband has rubbed off on you? STELLA:
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AP English Literature – A Streetcar Named Desire Novels and plays often depict characters caught between colliding cultures – national‚ regional‚ ethnic‚ religious‚ institutional. Such collisions can call a character’s sense of identity into question. Select a novel or a play in which a character responds to such a cultural collision. Then write a well organized essay in which you describe the character’s response and explain its relevance to the work as a whole. “Home is where the heart lies”
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Francisco after her million dollar lifestyle fell apart. As an attempt to move on and start a new life she gets a part time job and lies her way through potential love interests. Blue Jasmine‚ a modern adaptation of Tennesee Williams’ play "A Streetcar Named Desire" based the character of Jasmine French on conflicted Blanche Dubois. Many similarities appear through both movies. Both films present a woman with prosperous aspiration who goes through downfall as she needs the help of her lower middle class
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In A Streetcar Named Desire‚ the varsouviana polka and blue piano music are used to depict the mood of the text/character and mostly of Blanche’s emotions and the events that are unfolding around her. On page 21 of Scene One‚ the quote‚ “The music of the ‘blue piano’ grows louder.” is mentioned after Stella realizes Bele Reve really is gone and Blanche confirms. The increase in volume shows the intensity which they feel‚ having to accept that Bele Reve is gone. To extend on the idea that an increase
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How is the character of Blanche presented in Scenes 1 and 2 in ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’? In ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’‚ Tennessee Williams presents Blanche DuBois as an extremely multifaceted character who represents both old and idealist values in America. Appearances are deceiving‚ and this is clearly shown through the character of Blanche in the play‚ as she puts on a smug and arrogant front to conceal her fragile personality. To ‘blanche’ something is to ‘drain it of colour’ and thus the image
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Jo flipped the page over. June 21st: School. Mrs Hunt’s interpretation of A Streetcar named Desire. And then quotes from the play including Ash’s favourite: “I shall die of eating an unwashed grape one day out on the ocean.” The same quote was pasted on Ash’s noticeboard in her bedroom. A rant about her mother took up several pages – her voice and her rules and the way she told Ash off for spending money on clothes but then went out shopping most weekends and bought clothes for herself and how
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One of the moments that caught my attention was when Nathan called Joey. The objective of this scene was that Nathan wanted Joey to allow him to use his place to hold his illegal crap game‚ so that he will not be caught by the police. Nathan was trying to convince‚ which was the action/tactic of this scene‚ by telling Joey that he betted Sky a thousand dollars that he cannot get the doll‚ Sarah‚ to go to Havana with him. Nathan was extremely confident that Sky had no chance of winning‚ since Sarah
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