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    A Streetcar Named Desire: A Light and Dark Perception There are many connotations leading to the words light and darkness‚ but generally‚ most people relate the word light with positive meanings‚ and they associate the word darkness with negative meanings. However‚ in the play A Streetcar Named Desire‚ Tennessee Williams uses the theme of light and darkness in very interesting ways to further highlight key points and characters. He uses light and darkness in both physical‚ as in being actually

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    Class conflict is represented throughout the play‚ A Streetcar Named Desire in various ways through characters‚ symbols‚ ideas and language. Characters such as Blanche‚ Stella‚ Mitch and Stanley are used throughout the text to represent the upper and lower classes‚ as well as the conflict between the two classes. Symbols‚ ideas and language help to define the different classes as well as helping to represent the conflict between classes. The language (dialogue) of the characters‚ symbolic use of

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    A Streetcar Named Desire and Running were two of the plays I attended this semester‚ saying both plays did a fantastic job is an understatement. Each play had interesting storylines that kept me intrigued throughout the duration of the entire showing. All the characters and respective directors did an awesome job as well. Although I had not been to many plays before coming to Washington College‚ had the plays not been mandatory I feel I still would have enjoyed attending them regardless. Both plays

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    two. A standoff of wolves over a carcass and two lovers meeting at a ball is the only way to describe it. Stella opens her mouth to speak‚ pauses and doesn’t. Finally‚ after ten seconds of silence‚ Stella speaks] STELLA: Do you remember what mother used to say to you‚ Blanche? BLANCHE: Strong women don’t wear makeup. STELLA: Yes. But here you are‚ saying you are mightier than Atlas‚ hiding behind a facade of makeup so thick you could take a pickaxe to it and not have it chip! BLANCHE: Why

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    or being a father. Williams “saw himself as a shy‚ sensitive‚ gifted man 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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    Jake Kahr Period 3 In Tennessee Williams‚ “A Street Car Named Desire”‚ Blanche Dubious is a complex‚ fascinating character who symbolizes many things throughout the book. Appropriately dressed in white‚ Blanche is first introduced as a symbol of innocence and chastity. Aristocratic‚ refined‚ and sensitive‚ this delicate beauty has a moth-like appearance. She has come to New Orleans to seek refuge at the home of her sister Stella and her coarse Polish husband‚ Stanley. With her nervous and refined

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    that will be discussed here. Tennessee Williams was a Modernist writer‚ most of his notable works being between 1940 and 1950. It is difficult to fully understand his works. Shirley Galloway’s analysis of characters in Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire is flawed and one-dimensional‚ and illustrates this difficulty. To understand Williams‚ one must first understand his life. His first place of employment was his father’s shoe factory. However‚ this was not to be his career. His mother encouraged

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    In Tennessee Williams’ play‚ A Streetcar Named Desire‚ he shows illumination for the play through the fight scenes between Stella and Stanley then later on between Stanley and Blanche. Overall it illuminates Blanches unnatural longing for a magical life and shows how she desires a make believe world and society in which she will always have a happy ending and a perfect life. Also the fights show how Stella’s loyalty to her husband‚ Stanley‚ is stronger than her loyalty to her sister‚ Blanche. The

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    who brought Southern Gothic style to popularity. He conveyed realistic‚ broken characters to his audience‚ drawing inspiration to his own family. In 1947 A Streetcar 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

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    it’s a dream as common as stupidity. Ryan was the first man to confess his dislike of those (men) who practice homosexuality. You don’t know why you were so hurt when he spoke from his belly. You probably were more so afraid of the solitude that comes of not being liked. And yet‚ you intentionally closed yourself off from him to increase self comfort. As with many people‚ you usually find flaws in another to disassociate and‚ as with Ryan‚ it brings you joy and then heartbreak. As a result‚ you move

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