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    A Streetcar Named Desire – Final Assessment 1. The title A Streetcar Named Desire holds both literal and figurative meaning. Blanche DuBois takes an actual streetcar namedDesire” to transport her to the home of her sister. Blanche is literally brought to the home of the Kowalski’s by “Desire‚” but she is also brought there by her very own desire. Blanche’s sexual intimacies held with many men has ruined her reputation and driven her out of her home town. Blanche is longing and wishing to start

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    How and why is the Grotesque Used in Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire? Throughout this semester‚ we were introduced to varying degrees of literary styles and themes. From the epiphanies discovered through American Realism‚ to the skepticism explored through Literary Modernism‚ to the conflicts of social conformity and individualism approached by a Post-Modernistic America and its writers. We have had the great opportunity of being exposed to individuals who questioned and pushed

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    inscription ‘If God should choose I shall but love thee better after death’ can serve as significant as it holds allusions to Blanche’s affection towards Allan which seems to be more profound after his death; along with echoing this idea of death vs. desire‚ which is often times related to Blanche as she yearns to be desired‚ yet is constantly shadowed by death. This scene also incorporates dramatic irony as can be observed when Blanche assures Mitch that Stella is older than her‚ despite the stage directions

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    Blanche makes superficially charming comments to Stanley that subtly insult his lower-class disposition. Stanley is unusually rude to Blanche. He insinuates that he has acquired knowledge of Blanche’s past and asks her if she knows a certain man named Shaw. Blanche falters immediately at the mention of Shaw’s name and answers evasively‚ replying that there are many Shaws in the world. Stanley goes on to say that the Shaw he met often travels to Blanche’s hometown of Laurel‚ Mississippi‚ and that

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    In Tennessee Williams’ play‚ A Streetcar Named Desire‚ the character of Blanche Dubois is a vivid example of the use of symbolism throughout the play. Blanche wants to view things in an unrealistic way. "I don’t want realism. I want magic…I try to give that to people. I misrepresent things to them. I don’t tell truth‚ I tell what ought to be truth…" (Blanche p.117). She doesn’t want reality; instead she wishes to view a rose-colored version of life that goes along with her old-fashioned southern

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    A Streetcar Named Desire Tennessee Williams play "A Streetcar Named Desire" presents a fragment from the lives of a few individuals who meet in less desirable circumstances and eventually produce one of the most remarkable American modern tragedies. The main characters of this story are Blanche DuBois‚ Stella Kowalski‚ Stanley Kowalski and Harold “Mitch” Mitchell‚ and Eunice. The play begins with a verse from “The Broken Tower” by Hart Crane which Williams uses with the intent to prepare the reader

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    Hope Gerald Mr. Kelly 12 IB HL English II: Period 2 April 10‚ 2014 Study Guide: A Streetcar Named Desire Background: Streetcar hit theaters in 1946. The play cemented William’s reputation as one of the greatest American playwrights‚ winning him a New York’s Critics Circle Award and a Pulitzer Prize. Among the play’s greatest achievements is the depiction of the psychology of working class characters. In the plays of the period‚ depictions of working-class life tended to be didactic‚ with

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    TENNESSEE WILLIAMS’ A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE 1. Background of Analysis A streetcar Named Desire is a stage play that written by Tennese Wiliams. It first published in 1947 and takes place in New Orleans‚ Louisiana. In this play‚ Williams presents women as powerless‚ weak‚ and passive characters who are tightly linked to their persecutors due to economic‚ social‚ and physical needs. During the time period of Tennessee Williams‚ author of the play A Streetcar Named Desire‚ lived in‚ men were typically

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    Blanche is the most sympathetic character Blanche is most sympathetic character in Tennessee William’s’ A Streetcar Names Desire. At first the audience’s reactions to Blanche would be negative because of her judgment and action. However‚ as Williams reveals more details about her past the audience start to feel that why she did like that‚ and events in her life beyond her control have led her to be this way and‚ would certainly feel sympathy for her. Blanche had sad past. Her young husband ‚Allan

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    Reality Versus Fantasy In Tennessee Williams’ “A Streetcar Named Desire‚” the obsessive need to escape from reality defines the protagonist Blanche DuBois. Haunted by the fact that she incited the suicide of her young husband‚ Blanche is unable to cope with what has since become of her life. She relies on fables and illusions to reconstruct a more socially acceptable self. However‚ the antagonistic relationship between Blanche and Stanley Kowalski threatens her fantasy‚ as he continuously confronts

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