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    A Streetcar Named Desire January 28‚ 2008 The relationships in A Streetcar Named Desire are interesting. We have the relationship between Stella and Blanche‚ the relationship between Stella and Stanley‚ the relationship between Blanche and Stanley‚ and the aspiring relationship between Mitch and Blanche. I think that it is from these relationships‚ and the dialogues between these people that we get to know what kind of people they are‚ and how they are alike or different. From Stella

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    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 of perpetual panic about her fading beauty. Her manner is dainty and frail‚ and she sports a wardrobe of showy but cheap evening clothes. Stanley quickly sees through Blanche’s act and seeks out information about her past

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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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    Williams and William Faulkner show‚ in their works‚ that sometimes the people with the greatest differences are the most insightful. This proves that the main characters of A Streetcar Named Desire and As I Lay Dying are very similar because they both experience tragedy and are affected by such. In the play A Streetcar Named Desire‚ by Tennessee Williams‚ one of the main characters‚

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    10/03/2011 Blanche’s Lies: An Investigation of Paper in A Streetcar Named Desire And so it was I entered the broken world To trace the visionary company of love‚ its voice An instant in the wind (I know not whither hurled) But not for long to hold each desperate choice. (allpoetry...) In this passage from the epigraph of the play‚ we see direct parallels between the poem (Hart Crane’s “The Broken Tower”) and A Streetcar Named Desire. It could be interpreted from Blanche’s perspective; where

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    the moment‚ seems like the perfect solution to all of their questions. Jay Gatsby and Blanche Dubois in The Great Gatsby and A Streetcar Named Desire‚ respectfully‚ give away everything they have in order to attain what they believe to be the ultimate form of happiness: the American Dream The American dream is a notion that states that anyone can achieve what they desire if they simply work hard enough for it. However‚ when speaking of the American Dream the question arises “Can anyone achieve the

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    piece of literature can stand the test of time by posing a question‚ creating an intimate investigation into human nature and lingering on that question‚ causing it to linger in society. Drama‚ as a subset of literature‚ represents an exclusive and unique storytelling medium; through this medium‚ plays are able to portray these significant questions in a more intimate and personal manner. The plays A Man For all Seasons by Robert Bolt; Wit‚ by Margaret Edison; and A Streetcar Named Desire‚ by Tennessee

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    "A Streetcar Named Desire works as a drama because of the conflicts between Stanley and Blanche." Discuss. The themes of A streetcar Named Desire are mainly built on conflict‚ the conflicts between men and women‚ the conflicts of race‚ class and attitude to life‚ and these are especially embodied in Stanley and Blanche. Even in Blanche’s own mind there are conflicts of truth and lies‚ reality and illusion‚ and by the end of the play‚ most of these conflicts have been resolved. At the beginning

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    The book a streetcar named desire is about a girl called Blanche Dubois‚she’s a very depressing girl because she caught her husband cheating with another man in the 1980’s.But‚ there’s many element that are many difference between the book and the movie. First of all‚ the first difference that was really easy to see was the way the paper boy was acting toward Blanche. In the book‚ when Blanche was trying to flirt with him he wasn’t really into her‚ he was scared and shocked and he backed off but

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    concept can similarly be used in written works so that the setting reflects the characters. “A Streetcar Named Desire” by Tennessee Williams highlights the journey of a woman that tries to escape her past and convince to herself and to everyone else that she is pure. The way the light and shadows interact with each other in “The Night Cafe” reflects the setting and characters of “A Streetcar Named Desire.” Both works ultimately prove that light can be used to show sanctitude‚ and that the absence

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