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    A Streetcar Named Desire Blanche and Stanley‚ two characters of Tenessee Williams’ play A Streetcar Named Desire‚ represent two very conflicting personalities. Stanley‚ Blanche’s sister Stella’s aggressive husband‚ portrays strong tones of anger‚ rage‚ and frustration. However‚ although his behavior is without a doubt over-bearing and rough‚ in a way he displays realism and truth as well. On the other hand‚ the play’s true protagonist Blanche exerts enthusiasm‚ spunk‚ and elaborate nostalgia. These

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    Streetcar Named Desire Essay In A Streetcar Named Desire‚ written by Tennessee Williams‚ Blanche DuBois‚ a seemingly extravagant and sensual woman‚ visits her sister and brother-in-law after losing her family fortune and estate‚ only to find despair‚ heartbreak‚ and violence. She hoped to start a new life‚ one in which she could have found a wealthy gentleman to marry and live happily with. Blanche instead finds herself as a heartbroken‚ penniless victim of rape. She struggles to stay strong‚ to

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    Feminist reading: The play A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams was written in the late in the late 1940’s in New Orleans‚ Louisiana. In literature‚ the patriarchy is said to oppress all women and most men. This can be seen as true during the journey of characters such as Blanche‚ Stella‚ and Mitch. On the other hand‚ the text also conveys how the patriarchy can empower men‚ through the representation of the character of Stanley. In the play‚ Stella can be seen as the usual oppression

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    ‘A Streetcar named Desire‚’ is an interesting play‚ by Tennessee Williams. The character ’Blanche DuBois’ is created to evoke sympathy‚ as the story follows her tragic deterioration in the months she lived with her sister Stella‚ and brother-in-law Stanley. After reading the play‚ I saw Blanche as the victim of Stanley’s aggressive ways‚ and I also saw her as a hero in my eyes. Blanche’s devistating past is just one of the reasons I felt sympathy for her. Troubled from her past‚ Blanche has a

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    To what extent do the Kowalskis and the DuBois represent a clash of cultures in “A Streetcar Named Desire”? “I am not a Polack. People from Poland are Poles‚ not Polacks. But what I am is a one hundred per cent American‚ born and raised in the greatest country on earth and proud as hell of it‚ so don’t ever call me a Polack.” - Stanley Kowalski In “A Streetcar Named Desire” the clash of cultures between Stanley Kowalski and the two DuBois sisters‚ Stella and Blanche‚ becomes

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    they had a rough childhood or if they grew up with a silver spoon in their mouth? Blanche Dubois past consists of a dead husband‚ her compulsive lying‚ and prostitution. Blanches past is what led to the eventual demise of her character in A Streetcar Named Desire. Blanche Dubois had a past that was filled with love. In scene 6‚ while sitting with Mitch‚ Blanche talks about her first husband that she met when she was 16. In the story Blanche talks about coming home one night and finding her husband

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    I believe the primary theme of A Streetcar Named Desire is madness as the result of a disconnect between idealism and reality. The main character of the play‚ Blanche DuBois‚ refuses to face reality‚ keeping her past mistakes and losses hidden from those around her by hiding in the shadows of madness and deception. She wishes nothing more than to escape from who she is‚ avoiding the interrogation lamp of life at all costs to conceal her depressing past and frightening present. In doing so‚ she falls

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    There are nine types of heroes in this world‚ each of them with their own unique stories‚ plots‚ cliches etc. Among those is the classic tragic hero‚ one who is destined to fail no matter what. In a Streetcar Named Desire‚ the tragic hero is Blanche Dubois‚ an aging Southern Belle living in a state of perpetual panic about her fading beauty. In this essay it will be discussed what makes Blanche a tragic hero and how she compares to a typical tragic hero. A typical tragic hero is first and foremost

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    In Tennessee Williams’ play‚ A Streetcar Named Desire‚ the character of Blanche Dubois is one clear example of the use of symbolism. Blanche views things in an unrealistic way‚ as though she wants to live a dream. Blanche does not want to live a realistic‚ normal life. She wants to live a life that pairs with her traditional southern belle personality. She does not want to face her problems; she wants everything to be sugar-coated for her. Blanche hides from reality and lives in her own little

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    The Amazing Dichotomies of "A Streetcar Named Desire" Light and dark‚ kindness and cruelty‚ realism and fantasy‚ all of them dichotomies used by Tennessee Williams in A Streetcar Named Desire. Tennessee Williams uses many dichotomies‚ clear cut divisions‚ to illustrate main points. The most prominent dichotomy is the sweet and fragile Blanche opposed to the cruel and savage Stanley. The play also highlights other dichotomies such as strong and delicate‚ hidden and open‚ and purity and filth. Basically

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