Discuss the various ways the confidant or confidante functions in one of the following works. In the play‚ A Streetcar named Desire‚ Tennessee Williams depicts a conflict through his main character‚ Blanche Dubois. Blanche has a problem in believing that she is in a fantasy world. In this play one of the confidants that she has is Mitch. She not only develops a sexual connection to him but an emotional connection as well. Throughout the play and in real life one thing that plays a major role
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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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[The lights are dim‚ slowly turning on. The polka is playing now‚ but out of tune and deflated. On the stage‚ we see Blanche‚ looking like a trapped animal sitting at Mitch’s spot at the poker table. A door opens from Stanley and Stella’s bedroom as we see Stella. The two look sullen as they exchange eye-contact] STELLA: If I had half a mind‚ little sister… BLANCHE: Oh indeed. Sometimes I even wonder if you have a mind at all! Or a heart! Maybe your brute of a husband has rubbed off on you? STELLA:
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characters in ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ are Blanche‚ Stanley and Stella. Blanche is from old world America. She moves to New Orleans with her sister Stella and her husband Stanley after she goes through a bad time in her life and losses her job along with her family house. Blanche has power over her sister‚ and she abuses this power. This is first demonstrated when Blanche asks her sister to get her a drink from the drug store and she does so ‘Blanche- Honey‚ do me a favour. Run to the drug-store
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to the tension as we realise that the two main protagonists‚ Blanche Dubois and Stanley Kowalski‚ are polar opposites. Both Blanche and Stanley can be interpreted as representing aspects of the classical tragic hero. In the first scene‚ we learn that Blanche has experienced a shift towards unhappiness with the loss of ‘Belle Reve’‚ the Dubois family home‚ and also through the death of her husband. We immediately realise that Blanche is in a state of peripeteia which has happened as a result of
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does Williams present conflict between old and new in Scene Two of ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’? Williams presents the conflict between old and new in Scene Two in different ways‚ such as the manner in which Williams portrays the three characters Blanche‚ Stanley and Stella‚ as well the added tension through the structure of the scene‚ and finally in the stage directions. Through the use of these techniques‚ an atmosphere of tension is seen and felt by the audience‚ and the contrasts of the characters
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‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ sees aristocratic Blanche Dubois unexpectedly arrive at her sister’s house under mysterious circumstances. Not only this but from the moment she arrives she seems to cleverly hide details of her past expanding the air of mystery which surrounds her. William’s cleverly weaves Blanche’s past into the narrative so as the play moves forward more and more aspects of her past are revealed‚ deepening our understanding of the real reasons that she has had to move in with Stella
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Woody Allen is a successful adaptation of the play “Streetcar Named Desire” by Tennessee Williams. Blue Jasmine shows Jasmine‚ main character‚ living in entitled world‚ once wealthy woman falls into nothingness. Jasmine recreates the character of Blanche DuBois in Streetcar Named Desire in context to contemporary age. Like Jasmine‚ Ginger represents Stella as her sister; however as an adopted sister. Auggie‚ Stella’s ex-husband and Chili‚ Ginger’s current‚ blue collar boyfriend play the role of Stanley
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this scene‚ by Stella’s side. It is clear that she is a secondary character based on the lack of her description other than “The white woman is Eunice‚ who occupies the upstairs flat”. Blanche is quickly introduced as well‚ seen in fancy attire and obviously does not fit in with the area. From the beginning Blanche seems over the top and very flighty as if she’s hiding something. Stella is seen as a regular housewife‚ she does as she’s told and she loves her husband no matter what. Stanley takes an
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estate‚ and become a heavy drinker‚ despite the fact that she attempts to cover that up. It is evident that Blanche is very insecure about her looks‚ as well as a fragile individual. It is often that Blanche hides herself from an uncovered bulb‚ in order to hide particular features she is not fond of. Blanche relies on male sexual admiration for a sense of self esteem. When she meets Mitch‚ Blanche sees an opportunity to escape poverty and her bad reputation. She constructs a new identity for herself
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