This play is about people who display cruelty and harshness in their treatment to others‚ especially those who are weak and vulnerable. Blanche Dubois is the central victim of mistreatment even though she had tried to make Stanley the victim. She displays her self as fragile and moth like‚ dealing out her share of insensitivities that happened during her younger days. Also because of her moth like image‚ the other characters see her as an easy target to knock down and use her insecurities against
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The last scene in A Streetcar Named Desire where Blanche is getting ready for her departure is such a heartbreaking scene. Blanche continues her routine for a bath and depending on her sister to help her brings the previous events back to normal showing that everyone is acting through habit‚ though it is more of a false reality because it is easier to continue doing the same thing than to confront the issue. After Stella’s child has been born‚ Blanche is waiting for her dream man to pick her up and
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Showing men as aggressive‚ while‚ showing women as delicate. However‚ Williams conceives that Blanche and Stella show two different types of femininity in the play‚ nevertheless‚ both of them are dependent on men‚ showing that females have a sexual desire. This sexual desire has also been seen in Stanley in scene 3 when Stanley called for Stella to come‚ “Stella! Stella‚ sweetheart! Stella! Stell-lahhhhh!” (Williams 67). Thus‚ In A Streetcar Named Desire‚ Tennessee Williams juxtaposes Femininity
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desire as a way of operating in the world. Blanche’s interaction with any of the men in the play is always flirtatious‚ especially at the beginning when she meets them. Blanche’s language and actions in the play is always provocative. Blanche tells Stella that she and Stanley smoothed things
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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 fire because Stanley finds Blanche annoying‚ and Blanche finds Stanley rude. Blanche and Stanley do not get along throughout the time that Blanche is staying with Stanley and Stella. Both Stanley and Blanche
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QUESTIONS 1. Did Stella ever know that Stanley raped Blanche? If so‚ why didn’t she care? 2. Why was there no apparent difference between blacks and whites in the play‚ given the time period? 3. Does Blanche ever heal and go on to live a normal life on her own? CRITISISM From a feminist perspective‚ A Streetcar Named Desire is a work ready to be analyzed. The differences between men and women are especially prominent in the relationship between Stanley and Stella. The language and actions
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mystery which surrounds her. William’s cleverly weaves Blanche’s past into the narrative so as the play moves forward more and more aspects of her past are revealed‚ deepening our understanding of the real reasons that she has had to move in with Stella. As the play unfolds and the past is revealed Blanche appears to struggle to keep herself mentally under control as the reality of her situation threatens to overcome her and it is this which leads to her eventual tragic downfall. The past is important
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express and illustrate these different roles of power through the characters and stereotyping‚ dialogue‚ motifs and techniques. The main characters in ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ are Blanche‚ Stanley 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
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everybody around her‚ which drives them away because they cannot keep up with her fantasy. Blanche’s expectations for Stella are to live an above average life‚ with a luxurious home and a loving husband. “In my opinion? You’re married to a madman!” She hasn’t seen Stella in a long time‚ so to go and find her in a run down house‚ full of drunk men and abuse‚ she is confused as to how Stella can live that way; the way they were brought up at Belle Rêve being very
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they went downhill very quickly the night that Stella goes into labor. “Stanley ultimately betrays Stella’s trust by raping her sister while Stella is in labor at the hospital‚ Stella passively accepts Stanley’s denial of Blanche’s report and even acquiesces to his demand that her sister be institutionalized for her delusions” (Hovis) Not only is Blanche used and abused‚ but she is punished for it. Everything is turned against her‚ because Stella “couldn’t believe her story and go on living with
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