Have you ever looked at someone when walking down the street‚ at work‚ or at school and wondered what their past consists of? If they had a rough childhood or if they grew up with a silver spoon in their mouth? Blanche Dubois past consists of a dead husband‚ her compulsive lying‚ and prostitution. Blanches past is what led to the eventual demise of her character in A Streetcar Named Desire. Blanche Dubois had a past that was filled with love. In scene 6‚ while sitting with Mitch‚ Blanche talks about
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I believe the primary theme of A Streetcar Named Desire is madness as the result of a disconnect between idealism and reality. The main character of the play‚ Blanche DuBois‚ refuses to face reality‚ keeping her past mistakes and losses hidden from those around her by hiding in the shadows of madness and deception. She wishes nothing more than to escape from who she is‚ avoiding the interrogation lamp of life at all costs to conceal her depressing past and frightening present. In doing so‚ she falls
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Some people cannot handle the reality of their life‚ so they come up with ways to avoid dealing with it. In the play‚ A Streetcar Named Desire‚ Blanche is haunted by her past. She is incapable of escaping the choices that she has made‚ pushing her to lie‚ and lead people away from her true personality. When Blanche’s idealism obscures the truth‚ she is pushed past her breaking point‚ unable to identify the line between reality and self-indulgent fiction. Blanche has expectations for everybody around
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Blanche’s Misfortunate Desire The main character in a drama entitled "Street Car Named Desire"‚ written by Tennessee Williams‚ is an emotional woman by the name of Blanche‚ who has many afflictions. The setting of this play is in the state of Louisiana. Blanche has the potential to be a very vigorous woman‚ if she chooses to tap into that unidentified strength. All her life‚ she’s managed to face scrutiny from every possible direction. She has been ostracized from her community‚ lied to throughout
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Power for women in America in the 1950s was a different for women than in present day. The plays Fences by August Wilson and A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams‚ examines two different women from different social classes and races. Despite these women having vastly different pasts‚ there are some similarities in the role they play in their families and marriages and the way their power is important to the storylines of the two plays in relation to the other characters. Stella and Rose
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Discuss the various ways the confidant or confidante functions in one of the following works. In the play‚ A Streetcar named Desire‚ Tennessee Williams depicts a conflict through his main character‚ Blanche Dubois. Blanche has a problem in believing that she is in a fantasy world. In this play one of the confidants that she has is Mitch. She not only develops a sexual connection to him but an emotional connection as well. Throughout the play and in real life one thing that plays a major role
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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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Streetcar Named Desire Essay In A Streetcar Named Desire‚ written by Tennessee Williams‚ Blanche DuBois‚ a seemingly extravagant and sensual woman‚ visits her sister and brother-in-law after losing her family fortune and estate‚ only to find despair‚ heartbreak‚ and violence. She hoped to start a new life‚ one in which she could have found a wealthy gentleman to marry and live happily with. Blanche instead finds herself as a heartbroken‚ penniless victim of rape. She struggles to stay strong‚ to
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In Tennessee William’s A Streetcar Named Desire‚ there is a constant battle between fantasy and reality. Blanche represents the desire to escape reality and her adversary‚ Stanley‚ represents the harsh reality of life. The battle between these two forces is revealed to the audience through the symbolic use of light and darkness in the play. Blanche is so traumatized and burdened by the reality of her life that her only way to cope is to retreat into a fantasy world. She comes to stay with her sister
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Feminist critique on a street car named desire Although the play itself would have made huge strides in the feminist movement at the time the message behind the play brings out a crucial and relevant message to the audience today‚ and asks bigger questions to young people in a generation that questionably has made very few steps forward in the past few decades. It questions how gendered stereotyping controls our society and how little both sexes care to amend it in an apathetic civilisation. Blanche
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