Desire‚ by Tennessee Williams. One major theme of the play is femininity vs. masculinity. The main characters‚ Blanche DuBois‚ and Stella and Stanley Kowalski reflect the stereotypical gender roles. Stella and Stanley’s dysfunctional relationship faces even more complications when Stella’s sister‚ Blanche moves in temporarily. Throughout the course of this play‚ the Kowalski relationship is proven to be very unhealthy‚ due to Stella’s dependence on Stanley and Stanley’s brutality and masculinity. The
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Class conflict is represented throughout the play‚ A Streetcar Named Desire in various ways through characters‚ symbols‚ ideas and language. Characters such as Blanche‚ Stella‚ Mitch and Stanley are used throughout the text to represent the upper and lower classes‚ as well as the conflict between the two classes. Symbols‚ ideas and language help to define the different classes as well as helping to represent the conflict between classes. The language (dialogue) of the characters‚ symbolic use of
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Central to their stories are two men‚ Willy Loman and Stanley Kowalski. Willy Loman believes there is a better America for him; however this America is clearly out of his reach. Stanley Kowalski never complains about the America he lives in‚ instead he claims to be a true American‚ born and raised. As a proud American he claims to be a social leveler‚ refining his current America and getting rid of what he deems unfit. Loman and Kowalski
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scene of the play that a tragedy is going to occur‚ by creating an atmosphere that is both oppressive and claustrophobic. The portrayal of characters also adds to the tension as we realise that the two main protagonists‚ Blanche Dubois and Stanley Kowalski‚ are polar opposites. Both Blanche and Stanley can be interpreted as representing aspects of the classical tragic hero. In the first scene‚ we learn that Blanche has experienced a shift towards unhappiness with the loss of ‘Belle Reve’‚ the Dubois
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In Tennessee Williams‚ "Streetcar Named Desire" the character of Stella Kowalski could be described as a passive‚ empathetic‚ and docile. Stella exhibits these traits when she is constantly being abused by her husband‚ yet always seems to come back‚ she claims its love and always finds excuses for his behavior. For example‚ in scene four‚ Stella tells Blanche “Yes‚ you are Blanche. I know how it must have seemed to you and I’m awful sorry it had to happen‚ but it wasn’t anything as serious as you
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influenced the rest of the country immensely. Tennessee Williams explored the cultural and spiritual experience of the South‚ to which he belonged and in Streetcar he dramatizes a brutal culture clash between New Orleans industrial worker‚ Stan Kowalski‚ representing the new America and his aristocratic‚ intellectual rival‚ Blanche Dubois‚ representing the old. The dramatic effects of Streetcar are obvious in the settings
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The consequence of self-deception can be disastrous. Self-deception can be defined as a misconception that is favoured to the person who holds it. In an attempt to justify ones behaviour‚ we often‚ unknowingly‚ gloss over or even alter the truth of our past‚ in order to escape the feelings of guilt‚ embarrassment‚ shame‚ or even to protect the people around us. However‚ consequently‚ the act of self-deception can be disastrous‚ not only for the delinquent‚ but also for those around them. This
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Zhi Liu English 102 12/14/12 Extra Credit To what extent are Stanley Kowalski and Blanche DuBois caricatures of masculinity and femininity? Could the performers play against caricature by revealing a more feminine side of Stanley and a more masculine quality I Blanche‚ or would that be a misreading of the play? Write an essay in which you discuss the play’s depiction of gender roles. Gender roles and sexuality are central to the drama of A Streetcar Named Desire. Stanley and Blanche conform
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Blanche‚ Stanley and Stella‚ as well the added tension through the structure of the scene‚ and finally in the stage directions. Through the use of these techniques‚ an atmosphere of tension is seen and felt by the audience‚ and the contrasts of the characters motifs are clearly highlighted. The conflict between old and new is demonstrated clearly by a statement made by Stanley‚ which really shows the audience how contrasted the two families in the play are‚ ‘The Kowalskis and the Du Bois have
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Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire partially explores the deep conflict within the relationship of Stanley Kowalski and Blanche DuBois. And in doing so‚ Williams has crafted a play that reflects upon the context of the time‚ using these two characters to express the clashing values of the traditional old world and the rough‚ aggressive new world. Set in New Orleans immediately following World War II‚ Tennessee Williams infuses Blanche and Stanley with the symbols of opposing class and differing
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