To What Dramatic Effect Does the Playwright Make Use of Light and Sound? A Streetcar Named Desire is a play written by Tennessee Williams in 1947. Like in many other modern plays‚ here the playwright makes an extensive use of stage effects: the ideas are expressed not only through words‚ but also by sound‚ music and light. They are used to set the context and the mood of the scene – or of the play in general; to implicitly suggest an idea‚ an action; to show the feelings of a character‚ and to let
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In Tennessee William’s play‚ A Streetcar Named Desire‚ binary oppositions of light and darkness‚ or fantasy and reality‚ reveal the roles they play in the major characters and how these binaries cannot come together. The motif of light illuminates Blanche’s loss of innocence‚ while darkness hides her insecurities and shadows her fear of reality. Blanche fears light because of the loss she experienced as a teenager; since she has always avoided strong light and stuck to the shadows and darkness
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In my literary analysis of “A Streetcar Named Desire‚” by Tennessee Williams‚ I narrowed the focus of my essay by finding a theme that is evident throughout the play. In order to do this‚ I reread the essay and reviewed my annotations. Once I discovered the symbolic theme of light versus dark‚ I highlighted every line that included it. Finally I looked at all of the quotes to see the bigger picture of how they are related‚ and wrote a working thesis based on my findings. I found that most of the
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In Tennessee Williams‚ "Streetcar Named Desire" the character of Stella Kowalski could be described as a passive‚ empathetic‚ and docile. Stella exhibits these traits when she is constantly being abused by her husband‚ yet always seems to come back‚ she claims its love and always finds excuses for his behavior. For example‚ in scene four‚ Stella tells Blanche “Yes‚ you are Blanche. I know how it must have seemed to you and I’m awful sorry it had to happen‚ but it wasn’t anything as serious as you
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In A Streetcar Named Desire‚ the varsouviana polka and blue piano music are used to depict the mood of the text/character and mostly of Blanche’s emotions and the events that are unfolding around her. On page 21 of Scene One‚ the quote‚ “The music of the ‘blue piano’ grows louder.” is mentioned after Stella realizes Bele Reve really is gone and Blanche confirms. The increase in volume shows the intensity which they feel‚ having to accept that Bele Reve is gone. To extend on the idea that an increase
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Stella is Blanches younger sister and is married to Stanley. She is confident‚ she pretty much worships Stanley and loves him alot. Also‚ Stella is argumentive‚ and a little controlling. Not to mention she is also pregnant in the movie‚ and the baby does come. Blanch on the other hand‚ is very different from Stella. Blanch is a nervous wreck who flirts‚ portrays herself as wealthy‚ and is also dangerous. She has also slept with a seventeen year old boy and she thinks she is better than everybody
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Enrique stays in the US because he wants to be with his mother and little sister.But the dilemma of that is‚ he has his girlfriend Maria Isabel and his daughter Jasmin back in Honduras.”She feels the same warmth and love from Enrique when he first arrived on her doorstep in North Carolina.He always wanted to be with me”(Nazario 235).Enrique wants to stay with his mother because he wanted to know if his mother still loved him‚ which she does love him very much.He always thought that his mother left
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ISSUES IN THE NOVEL SOCIAL POSITION Brontë utilizes the novel to express her investigate of Victorian class difference. Jane is reliably a poor individual inside a well off condition‚ especially with the Reeds and at Thornfield. Her neediness makes various obstructions for her and her quest for joy‚ including individual instability and the foreswearing of chances. The excellent Miss Ingram’s higher social remaining‚ for example‚ makes her Jane’s primary rival for Mr. Rochester’s adoration‚ despite
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How is the character of Blanche presented in Scenes 1 and 2 in ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’? In ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’‚ Tennessee Williams presents Blanche DuBois as an extremely multifaceted character who represents both old and idealist values in America. Appearances are deceiving‚ and this is clearly shown through the character of Blanche in the play‚ as she puts on a smug and arrogant front to conceal her fragile personality. To ‘blanche’ something is to ‘drain it of colour’ and thus the image
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By pretending to be someone she wasn’t and ignoring her feelings‚ Blanche creates a disconnection between her and Mitch. When Mitch finally discovers Blanche’s truths‚ he comes to talk to her with unkempt appearances‚ which Blanche considers “the unforgivable insult to a lady” (140). By Blanche finding Mitch’s appearance an “insult to a lady”‚ she tries to keep her façade up as well as defines herself as a lady. Prior to Mitch knowing the truth‚ he viewed Blanche as a lady and gave her respect. However
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