A Streetcar Named Desire Overall Reactions to Characters and Situations Lies‚ Violence and Hysteria As the play begins‚ the reader meets Stella‚ Stanley and Mitch. Stella and Stanley are laughing‚ joking around and being friendly towards each other. Eunice is also in this scene‚ by Stella’s side. It is clear that she is a secondary character based on the lack of her description other than “The white woman is Eunice‚ who occupies the upstairs flat”. Blanche is quickly introduced as well‚ seen in
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and wise. Claudia is a very kind girl. During her father’s birthday party‚ Claudia wears her green pyjamas given by her father’s girlfriend‚ Stella. She decides to do this because she feels that the guests in the party are very rude when they refuse to talk to Stella. They act like Stella is invisible and Claudia feels angry because Stella is actually a very nice person. Other than that‚ Claudia is also a loyal daughter to her mother.She knows that her mother hates the fact that
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to flee from a terrible fate in a concentration camp with her two daughters‚ the infant‚ Magda and the teenager‚ Stella. Rosa‚ tired and weary from the endless flight‚ and her daughters‚ malnourished and weak‚ all continue on until they reach a place to sleep for the night. Magda‚ whose shawl is a source of comfort for her‚ loses the shawl one night in her sleep to her sister Stella. The baby‚ who has not said a word for days‚ howls and goes outside the barrack in search of her shawl. Rosa immediately
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The Line Between Reality and Fantasy In the play A Streetcar Named Desire (ASND) by Tennessee Williams‚ one of the big themes from the play is the theme of illusion. Stella‚ Stanley‚ and Blanche allow illusion to shape and control their lives because they all see it as the best way towards happiness. Blanche’s life is an illusion because she wants to believe that she is still young‚ beautiful‚ and innocent while trying to hide from her past. While the role that illusion plays in Stella’s life
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In Tennessee Williams’ play‚ A Streetcar Named Desire‚ he shows illumination for the play through the fight scenes between Stella and Stanley then later on between Stanley and Blanche. Overall it illuminates Blanches unnatural longing for a magical life and shows how she desires a make believe world and society in which she will always have a happy ending and a perfect life. Also the fights show how Stella’s loyalty to her husband‚ Stanley‚ is stronger than her loyalty to her sister‚ Blanche. The
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unusual lies and characteristics of the family remain distinct through the bias point of view of the narrator. The tension between the narrator and her sister‚ Stella-Rondo‚ is the central conflict of the story. Initially‚ Welty reveals Mr. Whitaker‚ who
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The story deals around Stella‚ who is pushed around by the other main characters. I The first scene really evaluates the key characters in the stories and shows how they are‚ by using them in situations. It demonstrates the characters’ personalities with key interactions of the characters amongst themselves. It really opens up by showing how passive and non-aggressive Stella is about her surroundings and how she deals with everyday life. It shows how she has almost no will in dealing with confrontations
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only hear that the vocabulary is simple but also common which is in contrast with Stella and Blanche’s flowery‚ finer vocabulary. We also see Stanley "toss" some watermelon rind to the floor. The word "toss" is a very rough way of disposing a watermelon rind. He doesn’t throw it in a rubbish bin showing he doesn’t seem to care. He also does this when he throws the meat to Stella in scene one. I think he also expects Stella to clean up after him‚ reinforcing the idea that females take care of the house
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she did. She was actually fired because she was involved sexually with a student. Stanley also discovered that Blanche was actually kicked out of Laurel because she was sexually involved with the local soldiers. Of course Stanley runs to Mitch and Stella and tells them about everything he found out. Later‚ Mitch confronts Blanche about her past. She says she was so lonely that she needed to be with men. Stanley comes back from the hospital and Blanche tells him that she’s leaving with her friend.
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Saving Francesca by Melina Marchetta (2003) • St Stella friends use to guide her identity. • Mia is suffering depression and is no longer telling Francesca who she should be and what she should be doing. • Francesca has always been influenced by her mother and her St. Stella friends who she is and now that the connection is lost so is Francesca and her identity. • Starting at St. Sebastian’s is giving her the opportunity to explore who she really is. • The person Francesca is trying to be
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