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    Named Desire explore reality and illusion? – Ella Lee Hoareau In A Streetcar Named Desire (Streetcar)‚ reality and illusion are simultaneously interweaved and at odds with one another. On one hand‚ the play addresses a very real clash of cultures. Stanley‚ who enters dressed ‘roughly in blue denim work clothes’ exudes a raw power that can be argued to be symbolic of a ‘New America’‚ or more specifically‚ the rise of the proletariat. Conversely Blanche - a fading figure of the Southern Belle - arrives

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    depicting how it brings people together‚ destroys them and helps others to seek and maintain shelter in their own warped mind. These three unique but simple symbols work effectively with the fragile Blanche‚ the adaptable Stella and the egotistical Stanley to conceive an authentic alluring

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    Streetcar Named Desire and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof both have dysfunctional family relationships in them. In Streetcar‚ you could see these dysfunctional family relationships in a few different places. The first area that this issue was present was in the relationship between the sisters Blanche and Stella. The dysfunctionality is obvious when Blanche showed up and was oblivious of Stella’s marriage. There is also a dysfunctionality relationship displayed in Cat. In Cat‚ there are a multitude of examples

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    depends on the kindness of strangers and is adrift in the modern world. When she arrives to stay with her aister stella in a crowded boisterous corner of new orleans her delusions of grandeur bring her into conflict with stellas crudr brutish husband Stanley. SparkNotes HelpLog inSign Up for a Free Account SPARKNOTES NO FEAR TEST PREP VIDEO SPARKLIFE THE MINDHUT Home → SparkNotes → Literature Study Guides → A Streetcar Named Desire → Scene Two CONTENTS General Info Context

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    contention between two main characters‚ Blanche and Stanley‚ Stella‚ not a protagonist‚ however‚ changed dramatically ideologically her opinions on Stanley and on the recognition of truth and illusion. A Streetcar Named Desire tells the tragety of Blanche when she fights for the “patriarchal” society‚ yet she cannot get rid of the dependence on men in such a society. While the main thread of the story is tightly about the strife between Stanley and Blanche‚ the character of Stella is gradually affected

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    with Stella’s husband‚ Stanley because of their social and perceptional differences. In the ending part of the first scene‚ the first encounter of Blanche and Stanley beginning after the Stanley’s arrival to house after bowling and until the end of the scene‚ Williams aimed to present the characters‚ Stanley as brutal‚ wildish and Blanche’s sensitive and sore personality along with implying a depressed mood. The part of the scene begins with the Williams’ description of Stanley‚ which underscores the

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    old student. This baggage that Blanche carries on her shoulders bites at Stella throughout the play‚ eventually causing the demise of their relationship. As Blanche’s visit goes on with Stella‚ the past burden seems too great and with the help of Stanley‚ Stella has Blanche committed to a mental hospital‚ thus symbolizing the death of the relationship they once had. The next death we

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    to understand them and their actions. The nuances of speech set the characters in their class context and show the differences of social status and education as well as of character. In A Streetcar Named Desire the very marked differences between Stanley and Blanche are stressed by Stanley’s non-grammatical‚ coarse‚ often slangy speech as against Blanche’s high-flown rhetoric which often rings false (as it is meant

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    The moment that Blanche and Stanley meet‚ a fire has begun. In the novel‚ A Streetcar Named Desire‚ the main character‚ Stella’s‚ husband and sister do not get along. Blanche comes to New Orleans‚ Louisiana to visit her sister Stella. Blanche is in for a surprise when she meets Stella’s husband Stanley. From the moment the two meet‚ there is a bad feeling. A Streetcar Named Desire’s author is Tennessee Williams‚ who is from Columbia‚ Mississippi. Blanche and Stanley’s relationship is like an untamed

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    dichotomies used by Tennessee Williams in A Streetcar Named Desire. Tennessee Williams uses many dichotomies‚ clear cut divisions‚ to illustrate main points. The most prominent dichotomy is the sweet and fragile Blanche opposed to the cruel and savage Stanley. The play also highlights other dichotomies such as strong and delicate‚ hidden and open‚ and purity and filth. Basically‚ Tennessee Williams uses dichotomies to show main points of theme‚ and Tennessee Williams also use dichotomies to show that viewing

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