Named Desire first appeared on the Broadway stage. In 1948 it had brought fame to Marlon Brando and won Williams a Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Within the drama‚ themes of beauty‚ desire‚ manipulation‚ and social class draw empathy for the manipulative Blanche. Tennessee Williams was born Thomas Lanier Williams on March 26‚ 1911‚ one of three children for Cornelius and Edwina Williams. His salesman father was known for drinking‚ gambling‚ and adultery (Adler). Williams moved to Clarksdale‚ Mississippi
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70 Cambridge Checkpoints HSC Advanced English Sample response: Film Prescribed text: Strictly Ballroom‚ Baz Luhrmann‚ 1997 Related text: A Streetcar Named Desire‚ Tennessee Williams‚ 1947 (drama) Introduction names the texts and links them directly to the question Develops a thesis which applies to both texts The topic sentence on not belonging connects the next two paragraphs which are about the same idea but discuss the different texts separately Using supporting evidence
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Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams was written in the late in the late 1940’s in New Orleans‚ Louisiana. In literature‚ the patriarchy is said to oppress all women and most men. This can be seen as true during the journey of characters such as Blanche‚ Stella‚ and Mitch. On the other hand‚ the text also conveys how the patriarchy can empower men‚ through the representation of the character of Stanley. In the play‚ Stella can be seen as the usual oppression of the feminine by the representation
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Use of Astrology and Names in SND The author’s use of Blanche and Stanley’s astrological signs and the meanings of their names helps to define their characters in “Streetcar Named Desire”. Stanley’s astrological sign is Capricorn which is the sign of the goat. Blanche’s sign is Virgo‚ the sign of the virgin. Appropriately‚ both signs are sex symbols. Virgo is the only zodiacal sign represented by a female. Virgo implies and stands for virginity. Sometimes thought of as an older woman
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stating she barely touches alcohol is immediately contradicting to the audience as we just saw her drinking. Also Mitch quotes Stanley‚ saying that she is drinking all his liquor‚ Blanches alcoholism is not shown visually abundant but the dialogue certainly builds this aspect into her character. Another huge desire Blanche has is her flirtatious nature and urge to find a man that could fill the loss of her husband. One of the first examples of this is when she flirts with Stanley and even tells her
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uses the portrait to convey the true nature of Dorian’s soul‚ which he covers in order to hide his internal ugliness. In Streetcar‚ William’s uses lighting effects and music in dramatic expression to convey how Blanche refuses to acknowledge the reality of fading youth and past trauma. Blanche uses a lantern to avoid light and protect her from reality and when‚ in the final scene‚ Stanley “seizes the paper lantern‚ tearing it off‚” she “cries out” as he has metaphorically stripped her of protection
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the quote‚ “The music of the ‘blue piano’ grows louder.” is mentioned after Stella realizes Bele Reve really is gone and Blanche confirms. The increase in volume shows the intensity which they feel‚ having to accept that Bele Reve is gone. To extend on the idea that an increase in volume of the blue piano represents intense emotions‚ the volume goes up on page 44 after Blanche gets shocking news of Stella having a baby. Following this on page 115 of Scene Six‚ the Varsouviana Polka is mentioned and
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Stanley shows instability throughout the play‚ especially after the arrival of Stella’s sister‚ Blanche. Stanley does not allow his anger to take over him at first‚ but after many months of what he sees as disrespect from his sister-in-law and eventually from his wife he completely breaks down. The first scene of instability shown in the play is at the poker game where when Stella tries to act as head of the house and attempts to break up the poker game. Stanley jumps up and charges after her and
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Streetcar Named Desire. By hyperbolizing the cast’s personalities‚ the story takes on an eerie quality. Our introduction to the cast begins with Blanche‚ arguably the most off-putting of all the personalities presented. Blanche comes to New Orleans on the brink of insanity only to see that her sister‚ once the perfect southern belle just like Blanche‚ has moved away from that antiquated way of life and into the up and coming‚ industrialized world of gruff immigrants and compromised living space
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of the play described exactly how undeveloped the technology was back in the day and showed how “dirt bags” like Stanley dressed like. Stanley and Stella didn’t live the life of the rich or middle class‚ they leaved in a tiny apartment which got Blanche to wonder why Stella left their town to live in this pig style in New Orleans. The music used in this era was a lot more instrumental‚ by that I mean it was mainly jazz or orchestra music. One of the main parts in the movie were the music is when
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