Reader Response- “Streetcar Named Desire” Stella Kowalski is one of the main characters in the Tennessee William’s‚ “ A Streetcar Named Desire”. She is presented as a woman who has an older sister Blanch and a husband named Stanley. She is often overlooked in the play because of her husband Stanley and her sister Blanche are much more dynamic. However‚ Stella plays an important role that without her‚ Stanley and Blanche who are considered‚ as two major characters of the play throughout the story
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shaken. She asks if Stella has heard any rumours about her; Stella is perplexed by Blanche’s behaviour. Blanche admits that she “wasn’t so good” during the last couple of years; she sought comfort with men. She insinuates that she was sexually intimate with these men‚ but Stella has stopped listening because Blanche begins to become so morbid. Blanche is clearly on edge at this point. • Stella fixes Blanche a drink. Blanche gushes with emotion and affection for Stella; Stella is embarrassed by Blanche’s
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Streetcar Named Desire‚ characters such as Blanche Dubois‚ Harold Mitchell (Mitch)‚ and Stella Kowalski often use illusion in an attempt to escape reality. Blanche Dubois is a woman who uses fantasy in order to protect herself from her own fears and the undesirable circumstances which occur in her life. Mitch uses illusion by regarding Blanche as the perfect woman in order to escape her lies and false reality. Stella uses illusion to make it seem as though she has a happy marriage in order to make her
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long time ago a young lady named Stella was put into prison by the king. eloved by her family‚ she was forced to spin straw into silks of gold. arrying the kings will she tried to spin straw but she couldn’t do it. ays and days she cried because she could not spin the straw into gold. ecept one day something really strange happened. ar in the corner was a little man who went to her and said… enerally‚ I wouldn’t help you peasents but I’ll make you a deal. Uh? A deal? Okay
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entire play. At the beginning‚ Blanche lies to her sister‚ Stella‚ about taking a break from her school teaching job‚ when in reality‚ she has
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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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