The last scene in A Streetcar Named Desire where Blanche is getting ready for her departure is such a heartbreaking scene. Blanche continues her routine for a bath and depending on her sister to help her brings the previous events back to normal showing that everyone is acting through habit‚ though it is more of a false reality because it is easier to continue doing the same thing than to confront the issue. After Stella’s child has been born‚ Blanche is waiting for her dream man to pick her up and
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day-to-day scavengers set in Parkdale‚ in search of antiques throughout various platforms; stretching from dumpsters to yard sales‚ anything for a profit. The two are in need of money in hopes of paying off their rent every month‚ and funding their desire for marijuana‚ but come into trouble as Dan’s usual supplier ends up being forced out of business. The dismissal of Dan’s supplier means that he’ll need to be needing a new supplier‚ her being Susan. Susan is among the very bottom of a weed supply
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Fantasy vs. Reality Blanche is sufficiently self-aware to know that she cannot survive in the world as it is. Reality is too harsh‚ so she must somehow create illusions that will allow her to maintain her delicate‚ fragile hold on life. “A woman’s charm is fifty percent illusion” (scene 2) she acknowledges to Stanley. Later in the story line when Mitch wants to switch the light on so that he can get a realistic look at her‚ she tells him that she does not want realism‚ she wants magic. When Mitch
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The loss of traditional values can be seen at the beginning of the play by the portrayal of the fading Southern beauty‚ Blanche‚ in Laurel‚ Mississippi. Her home‚ Belle Reve‚ and family fortune were gone. It reveals that she is having a financial difficulty. Since she lost her young husband to suicide years earlier‚ she has a strong need for human affection. Later‚ she was fired from her job as an English teacher because she had an affair with a teenage student. Finally‚ she has no choice but to
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kind of the actions‚ which were done by Lytton‚ we can add what Janet Lyon remembers in her essay “As Temma Kaplan writes‚ “the street became the stage for this conflict”.” (Lyon‚ 1994-1995). This quotation shows that jail and streets were the places used by the Suffragettes to fight. They both had equal importance. But what is surprising about all of this‚ is the fact that Lytton was first reluctant to join the movement because she did not want to take part into the violent actions of the WSPU. But
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Analysis of Major Characters Blanche DuBois When the play begins‚ Blanche is already a fallen woman in society’s eyes. Her family fortune and estate are gone‚ she lost her young husband to suicide years earlier‚ and she is a social pariah due to her indiscrete sexual behavior. She also has a bad drinking problem‚ which she covers up poorly. Behind her veneer of social snobbery and sexual propriety‚ Blanche is an insecure‚ dislocated individual. She is an aging Southern belle who lives in a state
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Based on my reading thus far‚ Blanche proves the most antagonistic characteristic. She is sister of Stella and came to meet her unexpectedly. She lost her husband few years earlier and she is a social pariah due to her indiscrete sexual behavior. She also seeks for people attention and wants them to complement her. She has bad drinking habit which she tries to hide from everyone. Blanche’s flirtatious behavior causes a lot of problems in Stella and Stanley life. Blanche displayed cunning‚ manipulative
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Usually she sings or talks about all that unrealistic fantasies. 1. When she lost Belle Reve‚ she’s having "intimacies" with strangers. At last‚ she got kicked out of the school for having an relationship with 17 year old boy. 2. At first Stanley tried to rip off her fantasy‚ she quickly got along with Stanley’s best friend‚ Mitch. Finally‚ she put Mitch on her side instead of Stanley’s. 3. When Stanley firstly mentioned about ’the flamingo’ she got all nervous if her secrets would be
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commodities‚ the bourgeoisie’s power is compromised. The working class continues to be exploited and is further alienated in its attempts to keep up with the industry. Marx doesn’t go into much detail about how Communists would run the economy. In the first part of the manifesto‚ Marx explains how society started off as communal but as time went on society has become more unequal. The Manifesto is a brief political summary rather than economic‚ of what Communism is about. It lacks concise‚ specific
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mother! Margaret‚ that dreadful way!” Significance: Blanch was blaming Stella for abandoning her back at the plantation home. While Stella thinks that Blanche is overreacting‚ Blanche is trying to express her true feelings of agony to Stella and how these events have affected her life for the worse. Quote #2 Speaker & Page: Blanche (Scene 4‚ bottom of 73) Quotation: “Yes you are‚ your fix is worse than mine is! Only you’re not being sensible about it. I’m going to do something. Get hold of myself
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