audience that genteel Blanche has her sister’s best interests in mind more than Stanley does. Yet Stella sides with Stanley and his base instincts‚ infusing the play with an ominous sense of gloom. This is created by the effect of the juxtaposition earlier provided within the scene‚ as to begin with‚ even though as rowdy as they were‚ the poker game was a pleasant affair‚ both for Stanley‚ as he could be with his ‘mates’‚ drink and have fun. Stella can spend time with Blanche‚ relax and get away from
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A Streetcar Named Desire Outline Thesis: In the play A Streetcar Named Desire Tennessee Williams ultimately portrays the struggles of a woman in the 1920s. Through the demonstration of the main character‚ Blanche‚ we depict the struggles between alcoholism‚ the conflicts in social classes and the indifferences in sexuality. I. Alcoholism a. Reality vs. Fantasy i. Alcohol was often abused by woman in the 20s‚ however it wasn’t always customary for women to be drinking
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Rochester most likely marrying a woman named Blanche Ingram‚ and who she believes to be Grace Poole causing chaos in the manor. Blanche is the daughter of one of Mr. Rochester’s neighbors. She is a woman in her early twenties who everyone agrees is absolutely stunning and gorgeous. That is her on the outside. How she is on the
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between Stanley and Blanche are stressed by Stanley’s non-grammatical‚ slangy speech compared against Blanche’s poetic‚ smoothly‚ upper-class spoken language. She also constantly reminds Stanley that she was a teacher of English. When playing the character of Blanche it was important to consider her delivery of language. At times there is a lyrical quality in her words‚ emphasising their emotional content. Stella also speaks correct English‚ as she is from the same social roots as Blanche but uses a matter-of-fact
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POINT; Stanley has power over Blanche as he knows about her past. Blanche fears that news will get around. EVIDENCE; He goes out Blanche rises from her chair. She seems faint; looks about her with an expression of almost panic’. EXPLAIN; Blanche doesn’t want anyone to find out about her past‚ but she knows Stanley has therefore he has a power over her and is almost black- mailing her
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uses his female protagonist Blanche Dubois to explore the female repression that was present in the late 1940’s before radical feminism made an impact in the 1960’s. In contrast‚ Carol Anne Duffy’s TWW published in 1999 is
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fate and luck play in existence primarily in images of gaming.”(70) Quirino justifies this idea by using the example of a scene from The Poker Night‚ in which the cards can be seen as a metaphor of Blanche DuBois’s history‚ with Stanley Kowalski‚ "the powerful master of Elysian Fields against Blanche DuBois‚" (62) as the winner and the master of the poker game‚ who "chaps his winnings by raping her."(62) As Blanche’s presence rattles Stanley’s world‚ he “systematically allays his own fears at the
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- English Essay Compare the ways the writers present the disconcerting behaviour in both texts so far. Firstly‚ in Tennessee Williams’ “A Streetcar Named Desire”‚ the writer presents disconcerting behaviour throughout the text. Tennessee Williams uses Stanley to display different types of disturbing behaviour‚ and the events that occur due to his attitude. Stanley is presented having a masculine‚ animalistic nature‚ which includes his open violent behaviour. His animalistic nature is displayed
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Named Desire by Tennessee Williams has many comparisons to Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights. Not only are the characters emotions and ambitions similar‚ but the fundamental themes such as thwarted desire and fantasy versus reality are coinciding. Blanche has already started to degenerate at the beginning of the play; she belongs in her own idealistic world of fantasy where her cheap but flashy clothes sustain her fading physical complexion and her dainty‚ air of propriety gives her a convenient appearance
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After watching the 1951 film of A Streetcar Named Desire the scene began with a lady named Blanche DuBois who gets on a train and ends up at a location she is not familiar with asking for help to where her sister lives. Watching the film‚ I notice that when Blanche DuBois arrives it is dark and not that many people are outside besides two ladies who help her in telling Blanche DuBois where her sister is. Blanche DuBois walks around the streets in very nice clothing‚ talks and gives off gestures that
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