that will be discussed here. Tennessee Williams was a Modernist writer‚ most of his notable works being between 1940 and 1950. It is difficult to fully understand his works. Shirley Galloway’s analysis of characters in Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire is flawed and one-dimensional‚ and illustrates this difficulty. To understand Williams‚ one must first understand his life. His first place of employment was his father’s shoe factory. However‚ this was not to be his career. His mother encouraged
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Throughout A Streetcar Named Desire‚ Blanche’s personality and motives are expressed indirectly through her dialogue with other characters. When speaking to Eunice‚ Blanche hints at her history by saying that “they told [her] to take a street-car named Desire‚ and transfer to one called Cemeteries‚ and ride six blocks and get off at – Elysian Fields!” The fact that the street-car is named desire suggests that Blanche’s motives in her past were ruled by sexual desire. This sexual desire took her to
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Appearance Vs. Reality The way people act on the outside and who they really are on the inside may be two totally different things. Some people might pretend to be something they truly aren’t. that is what happened in ‘’Macbeth’’ written by Shakespeare to Macbeth‚ Banquo and Lady Macbeth. Banquo holds back true feelings as he is an honourable man and does not want to offend the people around him. In the presence of the witches‚ Banquo tries to warn Macbeth about them to be cautious in his actions
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A Streetcar Named Desire Comprehension Scene 4 1) Stella tries to explain to Blanche her relationship with Stanley at the beginning of scene 4 and mentions that she was sort of thrilled’ by his violence. I think by this she means that she is quite taken in by Stanley’s display of animalistic behavior because it is so different from the type of environment in which she was brought up in. I believe that she tolerates all of Stanley’s behavior because for her it seems unique as she would never
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The Desire to Justify Cruelty When do we overlook malicious behavior? Is our emotional appeal to like a person enough for us to look past deliberate cruelty? Bound up in the play A Streetcar Named Desire is the fundamental question of how the characters are dialectically cruel and the ways they justify their desires. By means of a theme of cruelty when whiteness is evoked‚ author Tennessee Williams displays when we justify the actions of others to reinforce gender identities‚ and the emotions which
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Appearance vs. Reality In The Merchants of Venice the Prince of Morocco says that “All that glisters is not gold;Often have you heard that told” [2.7.69-70]. This statement stands particularly true for the theatrical Hamlet since things are not always as they seem. Shakespeare uses many aspects such as madness‚ greed and the need to take revenge to build upon his more complex idea of appearance vs reality.The theme is constant until the final act since the characters hide behind a curtain of duplicity
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same on the inside as they appear to be on the outside? The characters in William Shakespeare’s Hamlet can be studied in a manner relating to appearance versus reality. Some of these characters are Claudius‚ Rosencrantz and Guildenstern‚ and Hamlet. One character who enables us to examine the theme of appearance versus reality is Claudius‚ the new King of Denmark. In Act One‚ Scene Two Claudius acts as though he really cares for his brother and grieves over the elder
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Is the play “A Streetcar Named Desire” a tragedy for Blanche or Stella? Aristotle stated “the structure of the best tragedy should…be… complex” representing” incidents arousing pity and fear “. It’s understood that the focus of tragedy is human suffering and a tragedy must be accessible to audiences‚ creating a shared catharsis. Although Aristotle refers to classical tragedies‚ a domestic tragedy like “A Streetcar Named Desire” ensures a greater understanding as it is realistic. Blanche‚ as the
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APPEARANCE VS REALITY Appearance vs reality is a really famous theme in the Shakespeare’s plays. In Macbeth those who create or fall for appearance vs reality are punished‚ and those who do not fall for it are successful. This is shown through Duncan and Macbeth who fell for appearance vs reality and died for it and Malcolm who did not fall for it and succeeds. In Shakespearean tragedies appareance vs reality always lead to the downfall of a character. In Act 1 scene 6 Shakespeare shows
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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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