lighthearted‚ kind‚ younger sister of Blanche DuBois. Stella speaks freely with her neighbors‚ jokes around with her husband‚ and greets her sister with wide open arms. Then we are met with Stella’s foil character‚ Blanche‚ a teacher from Mississippi who seems to be on the edge. When the two sisters have their interaction the audience can easily see the difference between the two. The two sisters could not be any different based on age‚ job status‚ and their personas. Blanche makes offhand comments about
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questions to young people in a generation that questionably has made very few steps forward in the past few decades. It questions how gendered stereotyping controls our society and how little both sexes care to amend it in an apathetic civilisation. Blanche as a character although resembling‚ at times‚ the potential to be of more substantial character and command the recognition she deserves‚ is trapped into a bubble of what can be considered feminine and is convinced by her own sub conscience and those
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‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ sees aristocratic Blanche Dubois unexpectedly arrive at her sister’s house under mysterious circumstances. Not only this but from the moment she arrives she seems to cleverly hide details of her past expanding the air of mystery which surrounds her. William’s cleverly weaves Blanche’s past into the narrative so as the play moves forward more and more aspects of her past are revealed‚ deepening our understanding of the real reasons that she has had to move in with Stella
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and throughout the play‚ there is an abundance of lies and betrayal from the moment Blanche Dubois comes to town. Whether there are good or bad experiences in a writer’s life‚ their respective experiences tend to be what inspire them to compose these highly personal pieces of literature. Tennessee Williams is no exception. Williams was molded by some traumatizing experiences
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chooses to depict the downfall of Blanche through her desire to evade loneliness. Throughout the text‚ Blanche faces loneliness‚ yet she cannot fill her desire. After the loss of her family estate referred to as‚ Belle Reve‚ is officially rendered without family. Having lost her wealth and all her family‚ she develops the inability to be honest with anyone interested in her. Blanches true desire to evade loneliness causes her downfall. The story develops when Blanche loses Belle Reve. She had been
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is six o’clock in the evening on the day following Blanche’s arrival. Blanche is offstage‚ taking a bath to soothe her nerves. When Stanley walks in the door‚ Stella tells him that in order to spare Blanche the company of Stanley’s poker buddies in the apartment that night‚ she wants to take Blanche out‚ to New Orleans’s French Quarter. Stella explains Blanche’s ordeal of losing Belle Reve and asks that Stanley be kind to Blanche by flattering her appearance. She also instructs Stanley not to mention
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immigrant‚ the fallout of chivalry to a new mind-set of sex and desire‚ and a woman grasping desperately at the last bit of fantasy she can muster. The structure of A Streetcar Named Desire is best seen through a series of confrontations between Blanche DuBois and Stanley Kowalski. In the first scene the confrontation is not so severe‚ but it increases in severity until one of the two must be destroyed. To understand fully the scenes of confrontations‚ the reader should have a good understanding
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personalities. Elysian Fields is a poor‚ jaunty suburb in New Orleans yet the perfect setting for this play. It is full of diversity‚ culture and is very vibrant. It embellishes the view of Blanche on Stella situation and the laid back style of Stanley’s generation as well as the characters themselves. When this play begins‚ Blanche is already viewed as a fallen woman in society’s eyes. Her family is gone‚ as well as her estate and fortune. She aspires for people to see herself as gentile and a proper lady and
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“A Streetcar Named Desire” by Tennessee Williams “Stella has embraced him with both arms‚ fiercely‚ and full in the view of Blanche. He laughs and clasps her head to him. Over her head he grins through the curtains at Blanche.” (Williams 73) A Streetcar Named Desire written by Tennessee Williams exemplifies the theme of a struggle to attain happiness. The play not only portrays this theme in its characters and setting‚ but through the literary devices of Foil‚ Imagery‚ and Intertextuality. Williams
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Named Desire‚ Blanche uses light to represent her own identity‚ shrouding it in lanterns and exposing it at times. She also uses it specifically in situations involving romance. Blanche’s use of light in instances with her husband Allan‚ the “boy‚” as well as instances of how she responds to light now in her current life‚ implies how her husband made her too light sensitive – unwilling to be honest and loving‚ for fear of losing the other person in the relationship. The way Blanche describes light
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