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    different. Stanley is married to Stella. Stella is Blanche’s younger sister. Blanche is the object of Stanley’s Id and the spark of Stella’s ego. Stella is the “middle man” or more of the “Ego” of the story. Stella plays both sides throughout the play. Pleasing both her husband and sister takes a dramatic toll on her. Stella possesses a substantial percentage of Ego. Blanche brings that out of her numerous times as the play unfolds. In scene three where Blanche is in the shower and Stanley is going

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    reduces the amount of work he does after his initial hiring‚ while “A Street Car Named Desire” is about a newly married couple‚ Stanley and Stella Kowalski‚ in New Orleans that have lives interrupted by Stella’s sister‚ Blanche DuBois. However‚ both texts share a similar theme‚ the struggle to gain power. Bartleby‚ the narrator (Bartleby’s boss)‚ Blanche DuBois‚ and Stanley Kowalski in particular fight for power throughout both texts. One commonality in both texts is that they have somewhat normal

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    The Representation of Psyche in A Streetcar Named Desire The characters of Blanche Dubois‚ Stanley Kowalski‚ and Stella Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire are all representations of the basic parts of the human psyche.  The three basic parts of the human psyche are: the Id (the sense of desire with disregard to consequences)‚ the Superego (the individual’s sense of right and wrong and guilt)‚ and the Ego (the mediator of the Id and Superego‚ trying to satisfy both at once).  Despite the f

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    and gradually develops in the relationship between Stanley and Blanche. The results and consequences of this conflict are quite evident; however‚ the sources and the reasons of such anger and hostility may seem to be not totally revealed. So‚ why is their relationship so complicated and inevitably tragic? What led to such consequences of their acquaintance and communication? Stanley and Blanche clash throughout the play until Stanley conquers Blanche both physically and emotionally‚ and he restores

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    relationship between each character has its own unique circumstances that unfold throughout the duration of the play. Stanley and Stella have a marriage heavily reliant on lust and compassion. It seems as the strongest component of their relationship is exploited in the bedroom whereas the couple are frequently intimate resulting in Stella’s first pregnancy. At times‚ Stanley was overly cruel and demanding over his wife Stella. Stella is so blinded by their mutual physical attachment to one another

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    A Streetcar named Desire Tennessee Williams “Stella!” Gegevens Titel: A Streetcar named Desire and Other Plays Auteur: Tennessee Williams Uitgeverij: Penguin Classics Jaar: 2000 Druk: 13 ISBN: 0-14-118256-3 Biografie en bibliografie auteur Tennessee Willams (1911 – 1983) Playwright‚ poet‚ and fiction writer‚ Tennessee Williams left a powerful mark on American theatre. At their best‚ his twenty-five full-length plays combined lyrical

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    through Blanche‚ one of the characters. Blanche believes she is a young‚ beautiful and intelligent women but in reality she is not. Another fantasy seen in the play can be seen through the other characters because they hide from reality by acting as if some events did not happen. When the men would get violent with the women‚ after a few minutes of crying the women would return to the men as if nothing happened. The reality part of the play can be seen through another character named Stanley. When

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    with the death of Blanche and Stella’s relationship as sisters. Blanche and Stella had a life together once in Bel Reve and when Stella decided to move on in her life and leave‚ Blanche never could forgive her. We can see this in the scene when Blanche first arrives in New Orleans and meets Stella at the bowling alley. Stella and Blanche sit down for a drink and we immediately see Blanche’s animosity towards Stella. Blanche blames Stella for abandoning her at Bel Reve‚ leaving Blanche to handle the division

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    characters in ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ are BlancheStanley and Stella. Blanche is from old world America. She moves to New Orleans with her sister Stella and her husband Stanley after she goes through a bad time in her life and losses her job along with her family house. Blanche has power over her sister‚ and she abuses this power. This is first demonstrated when Blanche asks her sister to get her a drink from the drug store and she does so ‘Blanche- Honey‚ do me a favour. Run to the drug-store

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    to the tension as we realise that the two main protagonists‚ Blanche Dubois and Stanley Kowalski‚ are polar opposites. Both Blanche and Stanley can be interpreted as representing aspects of the classical tragic hero. In the first scene‚ we learn that Blanche has experienced a shift towards unhappiness with the loss of ‘Belle Reve’‚ the Dubois family home‚ and also through the death of her husband. We immediately realise that Blanche is in a state of peripeteia which has happened as a result of

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