lighthearted‚ kind‚ younger sister of Blanche DuBois. Stella speaks freely with her neighbors‚ jokes around with her husband‚ and greets her sister with wide open arms. Then we are met with Stella’s foil character‚ Blanche‚ a teacher from Mississippi who seems to be on the edge. When the two sisters have their interaction the audience can easily see the difference between the two. The two sisters could not be any different based on age‚ job status‚ and their personas. Blanche makes offhand comments about
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left the apartment and Blanche has been drinking since then. As she dresses up looking like going on a date and looking into the hand mirror she seems to be shocked about herself. “She catches her breath and slams the mirror face down with such violence that the glass cracks.” (p. 136-137‚l.21-1) Stanley arrives at home at this time and he has been drinking‚ too. The baby won’t come before morning‚ so Stanley came back to the apartment. They will be alone that night. Blanche tells Stanley that
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shown to live their life in either the way of illusion or reality. Harold Mitchell‚ also known as Mitch buys into Blanches illusions. He is overtaken by her charm‚ but in the end finally faces reality. Stella who is Blanches sister is always wishing for everything to be perfect with her and Stanley even though he abuses her. She overlooks Stanley’s downfalls to escape her reality. Blanche is the center of all illusion. She fishes for complements and believes she is a step up from all people. Lying to
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trapped in a world where “mendacity” placed communication‚ brute violence replaced love‚ and loneliness was all too often‚ the standard human condition(Gale 3).” In a “Streetcar Named Desire” Blanche a woman with an unknown background comes to visit her sister‚ Stella after not seeing her for years. Blanche‚ is escaping to New Orleans to see Stella and
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Credit To what extent are Stanley Kowalski and Blanche DuBois caricatures of masculinity and femininity? Could the performers play against caricature by revealing a more feminine side of Stanley and a more masculine quality I Blanche‚ or would that be a misreading of the play? Write an essay in which you discuss the play’s depiction of gender roles. Gender roles and sexuality are central to the drama of A Streetcar Named Desire. Stanley and Blanche conform to the expected roles of men and women
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2014 Eunice in A Streetcar Named Desire In Tennessee Williams A Streetcar Named Desire he creates many minor characters that have a huge underlying significance in the plot. All of the minor characters have huge impacts on Stella‚ Stanley‚ and Blanche‚ all of whom are main characters. Eunice is both Stella’s friend and neighbor who often helps Stella when the going gets rough. Not only is Eunice very helpful‚ her relationship with her husband Steve gives us an understanding of the neighborhood
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inevitable extinction of the morals and values of the aristocratic society that Blanche‚ the main protagonist has come to represent is clearly implied through the course of scene 10. Her illusions‚ the very foundation of her life‚ are destroyed and this reflects the decay in her power‚ status‚ and mental capacity. Symbolically‚ this scene is used by Williams to show the death of the aristocratic values of Blanche. Blanche herself realises this and believes she is in “desperate circumstances” as she
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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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progresses. At the beginning of the play when Stanley was first introduced‚ he showed his first‚ more subtle animalistic style. After coming home from work‚ Stanley’s sister-in- law‚ Blanche DuBois‚ had arrived to his house from Mississippi. His wife‚ Stella Kowalski‚ acquainted them and then Stanley asks Blanche is she minded if he were to take of his shirt‚ “My clothes’re stickin’ to me…can I make myself comfortable?” (Page 30). This is a primitive example because people do not usually take
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middle of Blanche and Stanley’s conflict‚ this is mainly because they both have continuous battles over who gets to have her love and affection. Stella is in the middle of this territorial battle‚ and is always presented in a situation in where she has to defend either her husband or sister. Williams establishes a contrast between them. For example‚ when Stella says‚ in Scene One‚ that ’the best I could do was make my own living‚ Blanche’‚ Williams
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