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    narratives throughout A Street Car Named Desire‚ inviting a unique perspective for the reader to be able to assess the authority of the storytellers. The text struggles between two focuses and forms a debate on who the real protagonist of the play is: Stanley or Blanche? The two become almost like competitors in an arena and the stage is their battlefield in the play. Both characters have a balance of

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    Derren Brown recreated the Stanley Milgram Experiment. This experiment was used to see exactly how far someone is willing to go‚ to cause harm to someone else just because they are being told to do so. Each participant was told that the person in the other room was going to be asked a series of questions. The person in the other room was going to be required to remember the answers. If they didn’t remember the answers then the participant would shock them with up to 450 volts. The experiment’s goal

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    primitive theme‚ which the one of the main characters dominantly shows‚ Stanley Kowalski. Tennessee Williams uses the primal actions of Stanley Kowalski to really depict the time frame in America to the reader‚ the 1940s‚ where man was certainly the head of all families and always in control. Stanley’s primitive behaviors grow more and more noticeable as the play progresses. At the beginning of the play when Stanley was first introduced‚ he showed his first‚ more subtle animalistic style

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    WOMEN The play‚ “A Streetcar Named Desire‚” is set in a time where gender roles were severe. Compared to men‚ women were very restricted when it came to exercising their empowerment. Perhaps it is due to this reason that Blanche Dubois‚ Stella Kowalski‚ and Eunice Hubbell‚ all exhibit low self esteem‚ depending on male companions for happiness. Blanche Dubois wanted to be perceived as a woman of elegance. In addition to frequently bathing‚ she wore the finest clothing‚ perfumes and jewelry

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    and reading a book on “A Streetcar Named Desire” by Tennessee Williams. In my opinion‚ the play and book are actually pretty good and very interesting. The Kowalski rental is in a bad however charming community within the French Quarter. Stella‚ twenty-five years antique and pregnant‚ lives along with her blue collar husband Stanley Kowalski. It is summertime‚ and the heat is oppressive. Blanche Dubois‚ Stella’s older sister‚ arrives abruptly‚ sporting all that she owns. Blanche and Stella have a

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    categorized as a tragedy and drama. 4. What are the names of the main figures (documentary) or major characters (narrative) and who played them? 6 points Blanche DuBois was played by Vivien Leigh. Stella Kowalski (Blanche’s younger sister) was played by Kim Hunter. Stanley Kowalski (the husband of Stella) was played by Marlon Brando. Harold “Mitch” Mitchell (Stanley’s army friend‚ coworker‚ and poker buddy) was played by Karl Malden. 5. What era or style discussed in the text is depicted

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    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 beginnings

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    character of Stanley Kowalski. Stanley lives a satisfying life. He is the perfect example of this dream. He has a wife‚ Stella‚ and a job that supports his family. Stanley works at an auto parts manufacturing plant. This job allows Stanley to be successful and to provide his wife and unborn child with the things that they need. Stanley‚ who is amongst the working class‚ represents the hero in this play. The things that he does in his life are said to be noble and honorable. Stanley takes advantage

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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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    Desire" presents a fragment from the lives of a few individuals who meet in less desirable circumstances and eventually produce one of the most remarkable American modern tragedies. The main characters of this story are Blanche DuBois‚ Stella KowalskiStanley Kowalski and Harold “Mitch” Mitchell‚ and Eunice. The play begins with a verse from “The Broken Tower” by Hart Crane which Williams uses with the intent to prepare the reader for a journey into a world of unpredictable views on life‚ love and loss:

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