The character Blanche Dubois could be interpreted into many categories. Blanche comes to Stella and Stanley after her stint of being a prostitute. Blanche arrives at Stella and Stanley’s seeking refuge from the harsh world. The character Blanche Dubois could be interpreted into a victim in many ways‚ throughout this essay I will show how she is a victim and the counterarguments to show whether or not she is a victim. As I have found for each argument there is also a specific counterargument. Arguably
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smashing light bulbs to emphasize the romance. “Stanley’s always smashed things. Why‚ on our wedding night – soon as we came in here – he snatched off one of my slippers and rushed about the place smashing the light bulbs with it.” (scene 4 page 64) Stella later states she was somewhat thrilled by Stanley’s action because she loved the resulting amorous darkness. However‚ light also plays an important role in defining the couple’s relationship. “I pulled you down off them columns and how you loved
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‘I don’t want realism. I want magic!’ How does A Streetcar 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
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sexual orientation caused him to commit suicide. Lonely‚ she becomes a prostitute‚ who loses her teaching career when her sexual relationship with a teenager is found out. After the family plantation Belle Reve is lost‚ she turns to her little sister Stella‚ who lives in with her husband Stanley in a poor area of New Orleans. She is a very deluded character; She hides her past and fragility behind her Southern aristocrat clothes and manners and is very harsh and mean to Stanley‚ calling him “bestial”
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way he speaks to Blanche in particular. Williams uses stage directions to give the audience a detailed description of Stanley as a character‚ he emphasises Stanley as being animalistic; ‘Drunk – drunk – animal thing‚ you!’ This is a quote said by Stella‚ Stanley’s wife. By the use of the words ‘animal thing’ the audience gets a sense of something that is beastly and it highlights his primitive nature. Also by describing him as a ‘thing’ rather than a man or other we can really see his true nature
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thus far‚ Blanche proves the most antagonistic characteristic. She is sister of Stella and came to meet her unexpectedly. She lost her husband few years earlier and she is a social pariah due to her indiscrete sexual behavior. She also seeks for people attention and wants them to complement her. She has bad drinking habit which she tries to hide from everyone. Blanche’s flirtatious behavior causes a lot of problems in Stella and Stanley life. Blanche displayed cunning‚ manipulative‚ and mendacious types
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superficial Blanche is‚ as she concentrates on her appearance rather than her conversation with her sister in years. She is again condescending to her sister when she calls her a ‘messy child’. This suggests that Blanche thinks she is superior to Stella and her way of living. It is clear that Blanche is from a higher-class background. When Blanche enters Stella’s home‚ she pours herself half a tumbler of Whiskey. This shocks the audience‚ as in the play so far she has presented herself as a dignified
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Why do people want to live in a perfect world? Everyone wants to live in their own fantasy world because that is where all their dreams are able to come true. No one wants a world of grief and sorrow. Life should be lived to its fullest. It should not be wasted. It should be embraced. When we are faced with agony‚ we must either make a choice between accepting it or hiding from it. In the play “A Streetcar Named Desire” by Tennessee Williams‚ the author mainly focuses on Blanche Dubois‚ a woman who
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do this he uses the most primitive bits of human nature and magnifies them into his characters’ personalities. The bare innocence of Stella‚ the raw masculinity of Stanley‚ and the sheer insanity of Blanche‚ all to show uniquely human qualities. To say that Stanley is an animalistic and primitive being‚ would be stating the obvious. Being married to the naïve Stella‚ his virility is even more apparent than it would be with just Stanley alone. By using these two vitally different human natures‚ Williams
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Scene One‚ the quote‚ “The music of the ‘blue piano’ grows louder.” is mentioned after Stella realizes Bele Reve really is gone and Blanche confirms. The increase in volume shows the intensity which they feel‚ having to accept that Bele Reve is gone. To extend on the idea that an increase in volume of the blue piano represents intense emotions‚ the volume goes up on page 44 after Blanche gets shocking news of Stella having a baby. Following this on page 115 of Scene Six‚ the Varsouviana Polka is mentioned
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