Williams also reinforces his implied themes with many motifs and symbols‚ such as music‚ drunkenness‚ and bathing. Towards the end of scene three‚ Blanche turns on the radio and “waltzes to the music with romantic gestures [while Mitch imitates] like a dancing bear” (57). Because Blanche is accustomed to her insanity‚ which is represented by the Varsouviana Polka‚ she is able to move along with the music fine while Mitch‚ who is accustomed to reality (and has primitive traits)‚ is unable to gracefully
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Moreover‚ within this scene we can observe Blanche try to use flirtation during her interaction with Stanley‚ in order to take control over the situation. However‚ Stanley is blunt in his response commenting that Blanche’s ‘looks’ are ‘merely okay’ once she questions whether she could have ‘once been considered attractive’. Naturally‚ this insinuates that Blanche will not have dominance over Stanley through her sexual appeal‚ which will make the events of play more intriguing for the audience‚ as
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Blanche DuBois and Tom Wingfield’s Struggle Between Fantasy and Reality The two characters‚ Blanche DuBois from A Streetcar Named Desire and Tom Wingfield of The Glass Menagerie‚ both share an intense struggle between fantasy and reality in their lives causing dependency upon alcohol. Blanch DuBois approaches as a high class Southern Belle who depends upon others to care for her‚ but in reality she thrives on her self-proclaimed royalty. Meanwhile‚ Tom Wingfield is a pessimistic character who
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Der Untergang (The Downfall) is a best foreign film nominee for the Oscars coming from the German cinemas. This Oliver Hirschiegel film is a Non-fiction historical drama based on the book by Traudl Junge‚ the final secretary to the High Chancellor of Germany‚ Adolf Hitler. The movie opens up with a group of five girls sitting in a waiting room with concrete walls and simple furnishings. They are being briefed about how to properly speak and address their possible new boss as he interviews them
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throughout A Street Car Named Desire‚ inviting a unique perspective for the reader to be able to assess the authority of the storytellers. The text struggles between two focuses and forms a debate on who the real protagonist of the play is: Stanley or Blanche? The two become almost like competitors in an arena and the stage is their battlefield in the play. Both characters have a balance of
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Summary Stella and Blanche are in the bedroom on an August afternoon. Blanche breaks out in laughter at the untruthfulness of the letter she has just finished writing to Shep Huntleigh‚ prompting Stella to ask her about the letter’s contents. Blanche gleefully reads the letter aloud. In it‚ she suggests that she visit Shep in Dallas‚ and she claims that she and Stella have been amusing themselves with society parties and visits to luxurious country homes. Stella finds no humor in her sister’s stories
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portrays the main character‚ Blanche Dubois‚ as a Southern belle whose youth and beauty strikes her as one of the most important parts of her life she cannot live without. She has lost all she believes
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Tennessee Williams‚ Blanche Dubois finds her way to the chaotic city of New Orleans in hopes of an escape from her painful life‚ and to find refuge with her younger sister Stella‚ as she is her only living relation. In light of her efforts to forget and shed her illicit past‚ she utilizes the bathroom and resorts to the act of bathing. Blanche’s continuous desire for the bathroom manifests escape from those around her and a need for cleansing away her wrong doings. Blanche‚ a bewildered woman‚
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‘To what extent does Williams portray Stanley as the cause for Blanche’s downfall?’ A Street Car Named Desire is a play written by a Mississippi born writer called Tennessee Williams. A Street Car Named Desire shows a reversal of fortune with Blanche having a life full of fortune with a successful business and a happy marriage however it is all turned upside when all this fortune is removed out of her life resulting in her seeking refuge with a lower class family her sister got married into... this
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Stella and Blanche in the Opening of the Play Tennessee Williams‚ the playwright of A Streetcar Named Desire is renowned for his strong characterization. He uses many literary‚ as well as dramatic‚ techniques in order to fully develop his characters‚ including their pasts‚ their motives and also their mannerisms. Moreover‚ Williams pays special attention to the way in which characters interact with each other‚ and the effects that are created as a result of the drama. Blanche is a major
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