in “top girls” and “streetcar named desire”. In “Streetcar named desire” the relationship between the sisters are portrayed as very different. This is because we see the worlds as very different as Blanche is more educated and possibly one that has a more heritage then Stella. We also see that Blanche was a teacher and women that was working whereas Stella is a house wife who is married and dependent on her husband Stanley. Similarly in “top girls” both the sisters relationship is portrayed as negative
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over the course of time due to the society’s viewpoint on the troubled protagonist. George’s perspective of Lenny changes in a negative sense as does Stella’s outlook of Blanche. What starts out as friends or sisters‚ slowly turns into the destruction of the relationships and the abandonment of Lenny or Blanche. Lenny and Blanche are both similar in their failed efforts to fit into their surroundings. Lenny‚ from Of Mice and Men‚ is a mentally retarded man who has the mentality of a child. Lenny
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alienation in the texts The Scarlet Letter and A Streetcar Named Desire‚ which are presented mainly in the female protagonists Hester Prynne and Blanche DuBois. However‚ although both characters experience isolation from their respective societies‚ it is my contention that the causes for their isolation are different. While Hester’s isolation is largely societal‚ Blanche experiences two different kinds of isolation. Blanche’s isolation is societal with regards to her expulsion from Laurel‚ whereas her isolation
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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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A Streetcar Named Desire is written by Tennessee Williams‚ and later filmed by Elia Kazan as director in 1951. The play depicts a story of Blanche Dubois‚ who is exiled from her hometown and go to her sister Stella for shelter‚ loses her mind due to her inappropriate and flirtatious behavior and intense desires of love‚ beauty and youth. In order to present such human tragedy on the movie screen‚ director of the film‚ Elia Kazan‚ make elaborate and meticulous choices‚ arrangement and organization
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Streetcar Named Desire”. She is presented as a woman who has an older sister Blanch and a husband named Stanley. She is often overlooked in the play because of her husband Stanley and her sister Blanche are much more dynamic. However‚ Stella plays an important role that without her‚ Stanley and Blanche who are considered‚ as two major characters of the play throughout the story would have no reason to have made contact and fight. At first it seems like Stella actually has some power over her
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way to show dominance? In the play “A Streetcar Named Desire” Sex represents power. Stanley rapes Blanche in order to demonstrate his superiority over her. Sex is not just a way to show affection to another person. Stanley uses sex as a tool to prove his might. He demonstrates to Blanche that he can have her whenever he wants her. Raping Blanche is one way Stanley proves he has control over Blanche and her sister. Even now in modern society sex is used as not only a way to show affection‚ but also
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him feel guilty about having abandoned her.Stella‚ in the play‚ also feels guilty about abandoning her sister‚ Blanche‚ when a doctor is called at the end of the play‚ and he takes her to a psychiatric hospital. • Williams’ grandparents came from a declining aristocratic background. Again‚ in the play‚ it is associated with Stella and Blanche’s declining aristocratic family too. • Blanche is always on the verge of collapsing psychologically‚ and so is Williams in real life. • Williams had to leave
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(Cranwell). In Tennesse Williams’ play A Streetcar Named Desire (1947) these fundamental drives of Eros and Thanatos dominate the story from the beginning to the end. This becomes particularly clear through the narrative of the protagonist of the play‚ Blanche DuBois‚ to whom the inextricable link between desire and death leads to tragedy. The presence of death in A Streetcar Named Desire is established from the beginning with the opening introduction to the street‚ where the following events are going
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responsibilities in the quest to find passion. Blanche‚ Williams’‚ the main protagonist in this play‚ gave up absolutely everything for passion and desire. She also had no choice but to deal with internal and external conflicts as consequences for her bad decision-making. Tennessee Williams’ main focus seems to revolve around showcasing the fact that not all sacrifices are worth making when the values are not as beneficial as one thought. After losing the love of her life‚ Blanche felt empty and felt the necessity
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