Orleans as a city where upper-class people marry members of the lower class‚ fights get ugly but are forgotten the next day‚ and the perpetual bluesy notes of an old piano take the sting out of poverty. The play immediately establishes Stanley and Blanche as polar opposites‚ with Stella as the link between them. Stage directions describe Stanley as a virulent character whose chief pleasure is women. His dismissal of Blanche’s beauty is therefore significant‚ because it shows that she does not exude
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the task is a hard one." Apply this statement to Streetcar. -Whereas Blanche comes from an old Southern family and was raised to see herself as socially elite‚ Stanley comes from an immigrant family and is a proud member of the working class. They meet one another in the socially turbulent postwar period in New Orleans‚ one of America’s most diverse cities. Blanche and Stanley are polar opposites in several respects. Blanche repeatedly refers to Stanley and his world as brutish‚ primitive‚ apelike
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with the death of Blanche and Stella’s relationship as sisters. Blanche and Stella had a life together once in Bel Reve and when Stella decided to move on in her life and leave‚ Blanche never could forgive her. We can see this in the scene when Blanche first arrives in New Orleans and meets Stella at the bowling alley. Stella and Blanche sit down for a drink and we immediately see Blanche’s animosity towards Stella. Blanche blames Stella for abandoning her at Bel Reve‚ leaving Blanche to handle the division
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contention between two main characters‚ Blanche and Stanley‚ Stella‚ not a protagonist‚ however‚ changed dramatically ideologically her opinions on Stanley and on the recognition of truth and illusion. A Streetcar Named Desire tells the tragety of Blanche when she fights for the “patriarchal” society‚ yet she cannot get rid of the dependence on men in such a society. While the main thread of the story is tightly about the strife between Stanley and Blanche‚ the character of Stella is gradually affected
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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 as a character although resembling‚ at times‚ the potential to be of more substantial character and command the recognition she deserves‚ is trapped into a bubble of what can be considered feminine and is convinced by her own sub conscience and those
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that often catches the attention of readers is the poker scene. It begins when Blanche and Stella return from seeing a show too early‚ not wanting to have been a distraction or a nuisance while the men played poker. Stanley rudely dismisses the ladies making sure they know they aren’t welcome to join in‚ the tension escalates as does the banter and Stanley whacks Stella’s thigh to end the discussion. Mitch and Blanche then meet for the first time as he exits the bathroom and they are both immediately
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is six o’clock in the evening on the day following Blanche’s arrival. Blanche is offstage‚ taking a bath to soothe her nerves. When Stanley walks in the door‚ Stella tells him that in order to spare Blanche the company of Stanley’s poker buddies in the apartment that night‚ she wants to take Blanche out‚ to New Orleans’s French Quarter. Stella explains Blanche’s ordeal of losing Belle Reve and asks that Stanley be kind to Blanche by flattering her appearance. She also instructs Stanley not to mention
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“A Streetcar Named Desire” by Tennessee Williams “Stella has embraced him with both arms‚ fiercely‚ and full in the view of Blanche. He laughs and clasps her head to him. Over her head he grins through the curtains at Blanche.” (Williams 73) A Streetcar Named Desire written by Tennessee Williams exemplifies the theme of a struggle to attain happiness. The play not only portrays this theme in its characters and setting‚ but through the literary devices of Foil‚ Imagery‚ and Intertextuality. Williams
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with a culture clash between the Old South’s “plantation” mentality (priding itself on false pretenses) and the New South’s relatively uncivilized‚ yet real‚ grip on reality. The two characters who come to represent this tension are Blanche and Stanley Kowalski. Blanche advertises herself as a champion of “Southern Honor.” This entails an unfaltering dedication to virtue and culture. These are not‚ however‚ driving factors in her life but only mask her alcoholism and delusions of grandeur. By contrast
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How does Williams present the themes of illusion and fantasy in A Streetcar Named Desire? The theme of reality vs. fantasy is one that the play centres around. Blanche dwells in illusion; fantasy is her primary means of self-defence‚ both against outside threats and against her own demons. Throughout the play‚ Blanche’s dependence on illusion is contrasted with Stanley’s steadfast realism‚ and in the end it is Stanley and his worldview that win. To survive‚ Stella must also resort to a kind of
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