‘Desire is both liberating and imprisoning’. Compare and contrast the ways in which two of your chosen writers present relationships in the light of this comment Tennessee William’s ‘A Street Named Desire’ explores and contrasts two settings‚ the more accepting‚ and open minded society and the ‘Southern Belle’ in urban New Orleans 1940‚ while Ian McEwan’s ‘Enduring Love’ is about endurance‚ or survival‚ and sets love in its different forms‚ from unconditioned‚ romantic‚ idealised and obsessive.
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A Streetcar Named Desire‚ written by Tennessee Williams‚ debuted in New York as a Broadway play on December 3‚ 1947. The success of this play established Williams among the most respected and influencing playwrights in modern theater. Only four years after its Broadway debut‚ Williams’ play was adapted into a film; Williams worked hands on with director Elia Kazan to create the 1951 film adaptation A Streetcar Named Desire. Though the two adaptations have similar literary elements‚ and Kazan worked
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Who would have thought that someone who wrote a play as irksome and uneventful as The Glass Menagerie‚ could also write something as interesting as A Streetcar Named Desire. However‚ both are written extremely well by Tennessee Williams. Despite the differences‚ there are many similarities in themes and patterns. Once each play is picked apart and analyzed‚ it is very obvious that they are both written by the same author. A major theme in both plays in the dependence on men. Throughout The Glass
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A Streetcar Named Desire In what way can A Streetcar Named Desire be seen as an exploration of"old" America versus the "new" America? In the play‚ Blanche represents old America and Stanley represents new America. Why Blanche represents old America is because of her way of thinking‚ lifestyle and values. When Blanche walks into the room where the guys are playing poker‚ there is a great example of how Blanche represents old and Stanley new. When she walks in‚ the guys are sitting around the table
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Blue Jasmine‚ movie by Woody Allen is a successful adaptation of the play “Streetcar Named Desire” by Tennessee Williams. Blue Jasmine shows Jasmine‚ main character‚ living in entitled world‚ once wealthy woman falls into nothingness. Jasmine recreates the character of Blanche DuBois in Streetcar Named Desire in context to contemporary age. Like Jasmine‚ Ginger represents Stella as her sister; however as an adopted sister. Auggie‚ Stella’s ex-husband and Chili‚ Ginger’s current‚ blue collar boyfriend
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by their mutual loneliness and desire to be with someone to deflect their previously suffered emotional damage; “The girl’s dead now”. Though they both have similar experiences in life they deal with it with different attitudes. Blanche has to adapt herself to suit the environment in which she finds herself. Blanche’s actions towards Stanley are dictated by her fundamental nature. The woman must create an illusion: "After all‚ a woman’s charm is fifty percent illusion." Yet if Blanche cannot function
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Jake Kahr Period 3 In Tennessee Williams‚ “A Street Car Named Desire”‚ Blanche Dubious is a complex‚ fascinating character who symbolizes many things throughout the book. Appropriately dressed in white‚ Blanche is first introduced as a symbol of innocence and chastity. Aristocratic‚ refined‚ and sensitive‚ this delicate beauty has a moth-like appearance. She has come to New Orleans to seek refuge at the home of her sister Stella and her coarse Polish husband‚ Stanley. With her nervous and refined
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Compare and Contrast the disturbing behavior In The Wasp Factory and A Streetcar Named Desire Disturbing behavior is clearly shown throughout both The Wasp Factory and A Streetcar Named Desire with representations of how the outside world effects and distorts the human mind through characters Blanche‚ Stella and Stanley in A Streetcar… and Frank‚ Eric and their father in The Wasp Factory. I aim to explore and compare the two depictions of the disturbed mind by finding similar themes within
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of ambitious young girls but so unfortunate of them‚ sitting in four walled quarters‚ unmarried sewing clothes for their marriages waiting for that particular sunrise and married serving their husbands till their eyes get close keeping all their desires‚ passion within besides dreams and hope‚ you too find fear in their visions‚ fear of raising the voice‚ fear of society which’s kept limitations on them‚ she’s viewed as a "femme" more than as a human‚ told to cover the face or wear veil when step
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as pretty as a stairway to heaven without a soul! STELLA: [Offended] What does that even mean!?! BLANCHE: [Tearing up] You know damn well! You refer to Stanley as this great stallion‚ a steed that you can ride into your greatest fantasy. But in reality‚ he is just a Jackass! A Jackass you can ride till your an old‚ wizened crone and kill yourself when you wander into your grave and a tombstone falls on your head. Whereas I had a harem to ride into the sunset‚ and all I get is ridiculed! [A pause
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