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    in the perverted modelling world. On the other hand‚ A Streetcar Named Desire displays a more feminist critique on dependency. Blanche and Stella exhibits two different kinds of femininity. Blanche’s femininity is based on illusion‚ while Stella’s femininity is based on reality. However‚ they still find themselves overly dependent on men. Both Blanche and Stella find that having a man as the only means to achieve happiness. In the film‚ Stanley represents a physical frightening threat of masculinity

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    Sir Philip Sidneys Sonnet 7 is from the sonnet sequence Astophel and Stella dating from the sixteenth century. It is a lament by one of the central figures‚ Astophel‚ a man who is in love with the other central figure‚ Stella‚ who is ultimately unattainable because she is married to another man. In the first few lines of the poem‚ Astrophil talks about Stellas black eyes and how they beam so bright (ll. 2) and how in beamy black (ll. 3) she radiates beauty. The excerpt chosen begins with Or did

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    somewhat harsh reality of the 1940s in A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams. The play is set in New Orleans in the 1940s and it portrays the life of Blanche Du Bois‚ the main character. The play follows Blanche’s life living with her sister‚ Stella Kowalski‚ and Stella’s husband‚ Stanley. Blanche is a delusional and flirtatious liar who lies to everyone about almost every aspect of the life‚ especially her past and her age. She was born into an upper class southern family in the South‚ but due

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    DuBois’s mind. Stanley Kowalski is the perfect example of a deceptive person. He tries to present himself as an honest‚ loving husband when he is everything but. In reality‚ Stanley is a lying‚ unfaithful‚ and abusive husband to his wife Stella. In fact‚ he has Stella wrapped around his finger. So much so that she overlooks his drunken abusiveness and makes herself believe that that is really what love is. One interprets Stanley’s unfaithfulness by his willingness to rape Blanche. If he is so willing

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    me‚ why didn’t you write me‚ honey‚ why didn’t you let me know? Stella: Tell you what‚ Blanche? Blanche: Why‚ that you had to live in these conditions! (Scene One) She acts as if she’s better than everyone else and too good to be living like they are. Even after she insults her sister’s living conditions‚ Stella still welcomes her sister with open arms. Blanche starts off in the very beginning of the play lying to Stella about her work situation: “Blanche: I was so exhausted by all I’d been

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    In the drama "A Streetcar Named Desire" by Tennessee Williams‚ Blanche Dubois finds her way to the chaotic city of New Orleans in hopes of an escape from her painful life‚ and to find refuge with her younger sister Stella‚ as she is her only living relation. In light of her efforts to forget and shed her illicit past‚ she utilizes the bathroom and resorts to the act of bathing. Blanche’s continuous desire for the bathroom manifests escape from those around her and a need for cleansing away her wrong

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    SYMBOLIC DEVICES IN TENNESSEE WILLIAMS‚ A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE 1.     Introduction Written in 1947‚ A Streetcar Named Desire has always been considered one of Tennessee Williams’s most successful plays. One reason for this may be found in the way Williams makes extensive use of symbols as a dramatic technique. This happens in all of his plays‚ but in this instance Williams integrates symbols very effectively with ideas and thematic content. He once explained that symbolism is a way to “say a

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    and how they act towards the men in both productions‚ as stated through Arthur Miller’s initial stage directions about Linda (Willy’s wife) ‘she more than loves him‚ she admires him’. Likewise with Stella and Stanley‚ after he attacks her (seen through stage directions ‘There is a sound of a blow. Stella cried out) ‘her eyes go blind with tenderness as she catches his

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    realism tones to deal with a culture clash between two of the main characters‚ Blanche DuBois and Stanley Kowalski. In this essay‚ I will analyze the characteristics of four main characters of the play‚ Blanche DuBois‚ Stanley Kowalski‚ Mitch‚ and Stella Kowalski. Blanche Dubois is a symbolic character in the play. She appears as a pretentious‚ fading relic of the Old South. When the play begins‚ Blanche is already a fallen woman in the society’s eyes. She has lost all of her family fortune and estate

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    That juxtaposition comes with painfully coquettish dialogue with her brother-in-law‚ adding to the strangeness of the situation. Unlike her sister‚ Stella is not in a tragic state of denial. Stella understands how the new world is and how she must change her views and standards in order to not become a frazzled window into the past‚ like Blanche. Stella is the kind of women that is “excited” by violence and allows herself to be abused by her husband because the thrill of testosterone and roughness

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