CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION Tennessee Williams is one of the most significant playwrights of the twentieth century‚ and almost certainly the most important of American Southern Dramatists. He is distinguished for his psychologically complex dramas that explore isolation and miscommunication within families and small groups of misfits and loners. Breaking from the realistic tradition in American Drama‚ Williams introduced his concept of the “plastic” theater by incorporating expressionistic elements
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looking at the protagonist of the play. Blanche Dubois is the protagonist and as the play develops we can begin to see that Stanley develops in to the antagonist. The two characters are the polar opposite of one another‚ Blanche is described as beautiful and moth like which allows us to see that she is very delicate and by the name ‘Blanche’ which means white we can see that she has a vulnerable and insecure nature‚ whereas Stanley is juxtaposed to Blanche‚ she wears white however Stanley wears ‘polka-dot
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his mild mannered and sensitive wife‚ accentuates his character flaws making them even more prominent and dramatic throughout the play. Through Stanley’s conflicts with Blanche DuBois and his rapist-like sexual advances‚ Stanley becomes the perfect villainous character‚ enabling the reader to sympathize with Stella and Blanche. With the violent scenes and the highly sexual content‚ Stanley is the center of all climactic events in A Streetcar Named Desire. Stanley’s aggressive nature even goes so
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Ever been through a traumatic situation‚ that you can’t seem to get over? Or there was always something there that reminded you of it? You’re not the only one. The romantic Blanche DuBois is a traumatized protagonist who encounters many crises throughout the play. In A Streetcar Named Desire‚ Tennessee Williams utilizes the “Varsouiviana” (Polka) song in different aspects of the play to reflect the emotional trauma in Blanche’s life. Williams introduces the Varsouiviana song to associate it with
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language that broadcasts the character’s true feelings and intentions at any given moment. Blanche DuBois is no different in this respect to the extent that her actions speak more for her than she does verbally‚ considering her being a very talkative person. In the first Scene Blanche arrives at Elysian Fields to visit her Sister Stella‚ here the first sign of non-verbal behaviour can be observed. Blanche gives Eunice‚ the co-owner of Stella’s house and up-stair neighbour‚ a peculiar look as she
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character that supports the goals of the protagonist‚ Blanche DuBois. However‚ in The Importance of Being Earnest‚ Lady Bracknell is the minor character that undermines the goals of the protagonist‚ Jack Worthing. In the Streetcar Named Desire‚ the protagonist‚ Blanche DuBois’ main goal is to make up her own illusionary world to escape the reality. “I don’t want realism. I want magic! Yes‚ yes magic! I try to give that to people”. Since Blanche is so delusional and needs to escape the reality of her
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New Orleans industrial worker‚ Stan Kowalski‚ representing the new America and his aristocratic‚ intellectual rival‚ Blanche Dubois‚ representing the old. The dramatic effects of Streetcar are obvious in the settings
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Desire‚ there are many examples where the characters are using illusions in an attempt to escape reality. The best example is found by looking to the main character. Blanche Dubois was a troubled woman who throughout the play lives her life in illusions. The story begins with Blanche going to New Orleans to stay with her sister Stella‚ and her husband Stanley for a while. Here‚ the illusions are revealed and the battle between the illusions and the characters will
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Stella Kowalski in an amazing place in New Orleans called the French Quarter. Their marriage is bright‚ and pleasant. This is until Stella’s sister‚ Blanche‚ comes to live with her. This turns Stanley against his wife because he doesn’t agree with the things that Blanche is doing. Yet his wife thinks that he should put up with it just because Blanche is Stella’s sister. Stanley is determined to
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The play “streetcar named desire” written by Tennessee William in 1949‚ which was received the Pulitzer Prize for drama in 1948. The play commenced on Broadway on December 3‚ 1947 in the Ethel Barrymore Theater. This play is about life of a woman in 19th century who could not come out of the fantasy to the real life that her self instinct and her surrounding creates extra problems in her life that makes her hide her historical and physical appearances and lied her sister and suitor. On the other
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