It is a couple hours after Mitch left the apartment and Blanche has been drinking since then. As she dresses up looking like going on a date and looking into the hand mirror she seems to be shocked about herself. “She catches her breath and slams the mirror face down with such violence that the glass cracks.” (p. 136-137‚l.21-1) Stanley arrives at home at this time and he has been drinking‚ too. The baby won’t come before morning‚ so Stanley came back to the apartment. They will be alone that
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[Stella is on her own in a room in Eunice’s flat. There is a neatly made bed with white sheets in the middle of the room‚ in which Stella is sitting down‚ sipping from a glass of water. The door to the room was previously closed and locked by Stella‚ claiming she was going to change clothes and needed privacy. There is an open window on the right side of the bed‚ facing a building which lights are all off. Stanley’s and Eunice’s voices can be recognized above the background screams heard] Stella:
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family from Arthur Miller’s The Crucible and The Dubois-Kowalski family from Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire both demonstrate that it is imperative for a family to have peace or otherwise a family would face the danger of tragedy. The Crucible imparts the significance of peace in the domestic setting through the moving tragedy of the Proctor family. In this play‚ the theme of desire is the catalyst for the family’s tragedy. Abigail Williams‚ a beautiful young girl‚ becomes sexually
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A Streetcar Named Desire Comprehension Scene 4 1) Stella tries to explain to Blanche her relationship with Stanley at the beginning of scene 4 and mentions that she was sort of thrilled’ by his violence. I think by this she means that she is quite taken in by Stanley’s display of animalistic behavior because it is so different from the type of environment in which she was brought up in. I believe that she tolerates all of Stanley’s behavior because for her it seems unique as she would never
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Williams’ use of diction when he says‚ “The damned little brat must be protected against her own idiocy‚ one says to one’s self at such times. Others must be protected against her. It is a social necessity.” shows how he views kids. He is saying to readers children do not know any better and because we are older we are expected to protect and guide them in order for society to function properly. He realizes how oblivious this was to him before and how much pint up aggression he had towards this matter
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One of the moments that caught my attention was when Nathan called Joey. The objective of this scene was that Nathan wanted Joey to allow him to use his place to hold his illegal crap game‚ so that he will not be caught by the police. Nathan was trying to convince‚ which was the action/tactic of this scene‚ by telling Joey that he betted Sky a thousand dollars that he cannot get the doll‚ Sarah‚ to go to Havana with him. Nathan was extremely confident that Sky had no chance of winning‚ since Sarah
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In Tennessee William’s play‚ A Streetcar Named Desire‚ binary oppositions of light and darkness‚ or fantasy and reality‚ reveal the roles they play in the major characters and how these binaries cannot come together. The motif of light illuminates Blanche’s loss of innocence‚ while darkness hides her insecurities and shadows her fear of reality. Blanche fears light because of the loss she experienced as a teenager; since she has always avoided strong light and stuck to the shadows and darkness
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AP English In the play Streetcar Named Desire‚ Tennessee Williams shows great examples and relations of Id‚ Ego‚ and Superego. In the play the characters tie into each other weaving a great web of drama and suspense. Each one is a prime example of one of the three ego scenarios. It’s amusing how people can live in the same society and household but are so different. Stanley is married to Stella. Stella is Blanche’s younger sister. Blanche is the object of Stanley’s Id and the spark of Stella’s
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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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Within the play Streetcar Named Desire written by Tennessee Williams‚ the lives and relationship of Blanche DuBois and Stella Kowalski are plotted out in a scene of events that depicts astute betrayal and out of the ordinary family matters. Based on the time period of this play‚ that being of the Old South conservative dominated region of New Orleans with local and national aristocracy still in heavy play‚ the traditions play out in a way that involve a simple family dispute turning in to Blanche
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