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 her first husband that she met when she was 16. In the story Blanche talks about coming home one night and finding her husband
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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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In Tennessee Williams a streetcar named desire‚ he explores the notions of secrets and lies through conceptual polarities‚ the real vs. the unreal. Mostly relating to Blanch and her alternate reality created by secrets and lies. Society and class also play a big role in the relation to secrets and lies‚ upper class vs. lower class and man vs. woman. Polarity of the real and surreal in relation to the notion of secrets and lies‚ I believe is the way in which each individual perceives their lies
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• Blanche is often seen as the victim of A Street Car Named Desire‚ but Mark Royden Winchell portrays a new idea in his article‚ in which Blanche is not as innocent as she may seem. While Blanche is used and abused by many individuals throughout the course of the novel‚ she also plays a hand in causing her own disorder‚ beginning with her invasion of the Kowalski household. Winchell points out that‚ “Not only does she install herself as an indefinite squatter in a two-room apartment; she does everything
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2. “Plays often feature at least one ghost‚ either on stage or imagined in the form of haunting memories and burdens.” Discuss this statement with reference to Streetcar. (Nov 2010 HL) In the tragedy “Streetcar Named Desire” the author Tennessee Williams brings out a ghost on stage through the haunting memories of Blanche’s past. The Flaws in Blanche which are revealed to the audience by Stanley are rather shocking. It is revealed that Blanche began to take part in cheap forms of entertainment
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Though many scientists cast astrology aside as a pseudoscience‚ it does define the characters in A Streetcar Named Desire. Blanche and Stanley often portray similar character traits to their astrological signs. Also‚ Blanche often refers to constellations to emphasize a point in the play. Astrological signs first make an appearance in scene five. Blanche speculates that Stanley is an Aries because he is‚ “forceful and dynamic” (76). Aries typically have short tempers and are very stubborn‚ which
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extent gender differences are due to physical and physiological differences. Stanley‚ the protagonist in A Streetcar Named Desire‚ is a aggressive and brutal man he represents the males of American society during this time period‚ he demonstrates the desire to have absolute control of his household‚ including his wife. He is referred to as "bestial" and is animalistic in his behavior and his desires. Even in the stage directions you can see that he is a powerful depiction of all that is male‚ magnifying
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to forget‚ but hangs on the past: however far or fast he runs that chain run with him” in light of Nietzsche’s opinion‚ compare and contrast the presentation of the past as a limiting factor to the identities of the female protagonists in A Streetcar Named Desire and Top Girls. The Southern Belle protagonist‚ Blanche Dubois‚ by the playwright Tennessee Williams is deeply haunted by her past‚ which is limiting her identity in the present and in order to cope; the protagonist creates fantasy. Blanche’s
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the theme of love become personal and understandable when coming to life in a play. Three writers made this possible in plays using the main theme of love. Three plays that show the complexity of love are “A Doll House” by Henrick Isben‚ “A Streetcar Named Desire” by Tennessee Williams‚ and “A Midsummer
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society‚ some people end up sacrificing all they have for the wrong things they value. In the play A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams‚ the author gave his audience an insight on what it looks like for a person to give up his or her responsibilities in the quest to find passion. Blanche‚ Williams’‚ the main protagonist in this play‚ gave up absolutely everything for passion and desire. She also had no choice but to deal with internal and external conflicts as consequences for her bad decision-making
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