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 are both traits seen in Stanley. A show of stubbornness can be found in scene two just after Blanche has first
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with her interactions with Stanley and her sister Blanche. However‚ her power in the way she cared for
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on men to expose and critique the treatment of women during the transition from the old to the new South. Both Blanche and Stella see male companions as their only means to achieve happiness‚ and they depend on men for both their sustenance and their self-image. Blanche recognizes that Stella could be happier without her physically abusive husband‚ Stanley. Yet‚ the alternative Blanche proposes—contacting Shep Huntleigh for financial support—still involves complete dependence on men. When Stella
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The loss of traditional values can be seen at the beginning of the play by the portrayal of the fading Southern beauty‚ Blanche‚ in Laurel‚ Mississippi. Her home‚ Belle Reve‚ and family fortune were gone. It reveals that she is having a financial difficulty. Since she lost her young husband to suicide years earlier‚ she has a strong need for human affection. Later‚ she was fired from her job as an English teacher because she had an affair with a teenage student. Finally‚ she has no choice but to
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personalities. Elysian Fields is a poor‚ jaunty suburb in New Orleans yet the perfect setting for this play. It is full of diversity‚ culture and is very vibrant. It embellishes the view of Blanche on Stella situation and the laid back style of Stanley’s generation as well as the characters themselves. When this play begins‚ Blanche is already viewed as a fallen woman in society’s eyes. Her family is gone‚ as well as her estate and fortune. She aspires for people to see herself as gentile and a proper lady and
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fictional reality and leading one onto the part of self-destruction. Stella sees alcohol mostly for a positive escape and as refreshment and to make a gathering and conversation more socially acquainted. “Blanche you sit down let me pour the drinks” (Williams 7) On the other hand‚ there is Blanche who perceives alcohol only as an escape from reality into her own little fictional world and also helped her forget about her tribulations. This alcohol abuse started because of the death of her late husband
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dysfunctional family relationships in them. In Streetcar‚ you could see these dysfunctional family relationships in a few different places. The first area that this issue was present was in the relationship between the sisters Blanche and Stella. The dysfunctionality is obvious when Blanche showed up and was oblivious of Stella’s marriage. There is also a dysfunctionality relationship displayed in Cat. In Cat‚ there are a multitude of examples that show the dysfunctional family including Brick‚ Gooper‚ Big
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Passage reflection In class today we focused on the so called ‘rape’ scene between Stanley and Blanche in Tennessee Williams play. We pause and reflected on the description of the scene‚ its symbolic significance to the plays development‚ and the effect of leaving cutting out a crucial part of the play. Scene ten is a part of the play where Williams starts to reach out to the audience. He in this scene‚ he manages to trigger numerous emotional responses due to the anxiety‚ stress and unresolved
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“She pulled the wool over your eyes as much as Mitch’s!(...)The trouble with Dame Blanche was that she couldn ’t put on her act anymore in Laurel!” (Williams‚ 99100). Drobot explains the characters conflict through ideas from Amihud Gilead. “Not only under psychoanalysis‚ but also in observation‚ whether extrospection or introspection
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who was a friend of Stanley’s‚ had developed strong feelings Blanche. He had been very polite to her and had been doing his best to win her over. Then once he had learned about Blanche’s past‚ he changed from this guy who wanted to possibly marry into a guy who was just trying to take advantage of her. Once Blanche was about to be taken away by a Doctor‚ Mitch wanted to fight with Stanley because Mitch thought Stanley was the reason Blanche had turned into a psychopath. But the change in emotions of
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