To what extent do the Kowalskis and the DuBois represent a clash of cultures in “A Streetcar Named Desire”? “I am not a Polack. People from Poland are Poles‚ not Polacks. But what I am is a one hundred per cent American‚ born and raised in the greatest country on earth and proud as hell of it‚ so don’t ever call me a Polack.” - Stanley Kowalski In “A Streetcar Named Desire” the clash of cultures between Stanley Kowalski and the two DuBois sisters‚ Stella and Blanche‚ becomes
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they had a rough childhood or if they grew up with a silver spoon in their mouth? Blanche Dubois past consists of a dead husband‚ her compulsive lying‚ and prostitution. Blanches past is what led to the eventual demise of her character in A Streetcar Named Desire. Blanche Dubois had a past that was filled with love. In scene 6‚ while sitting with Mitch‚ Blanche talks about her first husband that she met when she was 16. In the story Blanche talks about coming home one night and finding her husband
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Blanche’s Misfortunate Desire The main character in a drama entitled "Street Car Named Desire"‚ written by Tennessee Williams‚ is an emotional woman by the name of Blanche‚ who has many afflictions. The setting of this play is in the state of Louisiana. Blanche has the potential to be a very vigorous woman‚ if she chooses to tap into that unidentified strength. All her life‚ she’s managed to face scrutiny from every possible direction. She has been ostracized from her community‚ lied to throughout
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Old and new‚ weak and aggressive‚ intellect and brute force: Blanche and Stanley. The battle between old and new America in the 1940’s was in full flow and the triumph of the new was assured. The constant battle between Tennessee Williams’ ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’s main characters‚ Blanche Du’Bois and Stanley Kowalski‚ reflects the changing of America. “Stanley carries his bowling jacket and a red-stained package from a butchers.” This quote gives us the first impression of the man of the play
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• Blanche is often seen as the victim of A Street Car Named Desire‚ but Mark Royden Winchell portrays a new idea in his article‚ in which Blanche is not as innocent as she may seem. While Blanche is used and abused by many individuals throughout the course of the novel‚ she also plays a hand in causing her own disorder‚ beginning with her invasion of the Kowalski household. Winchell points out that‚ “Not only does she install herself as an indefinite squatter in a two-room apartment; she does everything
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2. “Plays often feature at least one ghost‚ either on stage or imagined in the form of haunting memories and burdens.” Discuss this statement with reference to Streetcar. (Nov 2010 HL) In the tragedy “Streetcar Named Desire” the author Tennessee Williams brings out a ghost on stage through the haunting memories of Blanche’s past. The Flaws in Blanche which are revealed to the audience by Stanley are rather shocking. It is revealed that Blanche began to take part in cheap forms of entertainment
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extent gender differences are due to physical and physiological differences. Stanley‚ the protagonist in A Streetcar Named Desire‚ is a aggressive and brutal man he represents the males of American society during this time period‚ he demonstrates the desire to have absolute control of his household‚ including his wife. He is referred to as "bestial" and is animalistic in his behavior and his desires. Even in the stage directions you can see that he is a powerful depiction of all that is male‚ magnifying
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the theme of love become personal and understandable when coming to life in a play. Three writers made this possible in plays using the main theme of love. Three plays that show the complexity of love are “A Doll House” by Henrick Isben‚ “A Streetcar Named Desire” by Tennessee Williams‚ and “A Midsummer
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various forms‚ such as verbal assaults‚ physical harm‚ and cognitive deception. Any form of deliberate cruelty is an unforgivable crime because it can inflict misery and harm into another individual’s life. In Tennessee Williams’ story‚ A Streetcar Named Desire‚ the concept of deliberate cruelty pertains to a majority of the characters’ relationships. Blanche Dubois cognitively decepts her love interest Mitch through the yarns of lies she deliberately weaves. This unforgivable crime ultimately comes
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Brianna D’Itri Mrs. Bixler A. P. English 12 11 February 2013 Title The ‘Southern Gothic’ genre is captured greatly in Tennessee Williams’s novel A Streetcar Named Desire. By hyperbolizing the cast’s personalities‚ the story takes on an eerie quality. Our introduction to the cast begins with Blanche‚ arguably the most off-putting of all the personalities presented. Blanche comes to New Orleans on the brink of insanity only to see that her sister‚ once the perfect southern belle just like
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