In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible and Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire‚ both American playwrights utilize stage directions as well as their character’s interactions within the narrative to provide a setting. The social environment‚ transitions between act or scene location and atmosphere from the settings staging directions reveal the different lifestyles in New England and the post-WWII New and Old South of America. Both plays involve characters originating outside of the main setting
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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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How does Williams quickly establish Stanley as the plays antagonist? Firstly if we are to establish Stanley as the plays antagonist then we need to begin by looking at the protagonist of the play. Blanche Dubois is the protagonist and as the play develops we can begin to see that Stanley develops in to the antagonist. The two characters are the polar opposite of one another‚ Blanche is described as beautiful and moth like which allows us to see that she is very delicate and by the name ‘Blanche’
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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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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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In Tennessee Williams a streetcar named desire‚ he explores the notions of secrets and lies through conceptual polarities‚ the real vs. the unreal. Mostly relating to Blanch and her alternate reality created by secrets and lies. Society and class also play a big role in the relation to secrets and lies‚ upper class vs. lower class and man vs. woman. Polarity of the real and surreal in relation to the notion of secrets and lies‚ I believe is the way in which each individual perceives their lies
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‘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 and Running were two of the plays I attended this semester‚ saying both plays did a fantastic job is an understatement. Each play had interesting storylines that kept me intrigued throughout the duration of the entire showing. All the characters and respective directors did an awesome job as well. Although I had not been to many plays before coming to Washington College‚ had the plays not been mandatory I feel I still would have enjoyed attending them regardless. Both plays
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In the movie‚ A Street Car Named Desire‚ Blanche uses the quote‚ “I don’t want realism. I want magic! Yes‚ Yes‚ magic! I try to give that to people." to explain her desire for her fantasy life to become reality. Blanches fantasy life would restore her youth‚ forgive her past and she would be more welcomed by people like Stanley and Mitch. I do agree with her statement‚ and believe that living in a “fantasy world” for a short period of time can be beneficial‚ but I do not agree with the circumstances
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Postmodern American authors share many themes highlighting communal pressures on ill adjusted characters. This is a direct result of the collective American desire to diverge from conformity‚ a common view shared by many progressive people in the 40s and 50s‚ including Tennessee Williams and Arthur Miller. Picture white picket fences lining newly mowed green lawns‚ each house nearly identical‚ sheltering a providing husband and dainty housewife committed to one man. To break from this archetype would
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