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    linear unfolding from scene to scene. Also‚ there will be various types of characters with different types of personalities and behavior such as the protagonist and antagonist. The play‚ A StreetCar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams‚ shows characteristics of protagonist and antagonist. This play is about a woman named Blanche DuBois‚ who moves with her sister‚ Stella Kowalski‚ and her husband‚ Stanley Kowalski‚ in New Orleans. Blanche’s flirtatious behavior causes a lot of problems in Stella and Stanley

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    does the play’s setting contribute to its dramatic effect? A Streetcar Named Desire shows the extent to which the American South is less a geographical expression than an entire way of life. Even today‚ the South’s distinctive culture‚ food‚ literature and music have influenced the rest of the country immensely. Tennessee Williams explored the cultural and spiritual experience of the South‚ to which he belonged and in Streetcar he dramatizes a brutal culture clash between New Orleans industrial

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    Stella as the link between them. Stage directions describe Stanley as a virulent character whose chief pleasure is women. His dismissal of Blanche’s beauty is therefore significant‚ because it shows that she does not exude his same brand of carnal desire. On the other hand‚ Blanche’s delicate manners and sense of propriety are offended by Stanley’s brutish virility. Stanley’s qualities—variously described as vitality‚ heartiness‚ brutality‚ primitivism‚ lust for life‚ animalistic—lead him over the

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    A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE He acts like an animal‚ Has an animal’s habits! Eats like one‚ moves like one‚ Talks like one!” Directors Note “I don’t want realism. I want magic!” This fantasy of wanting an ideal or perfect world has turned into an illusion with people both on the outside and inside. This illusion of an idea life and personal identity is portrayed not only in the real world today‚ but also Williams’ “A Streetcar Named Desire”. Representative of

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    A Streetcar Named Desire Essay 2. Human illusions have always been a powerful subject of plays‚ both tragic and comic. In what ways has Williams considered this aspect of human behavior and with what effects? In the play “A Streetcar Named Desire”‚ Tennessee Williams has considered human illusions through the use of a few conventions of drama. The language attributed to certain characters creates unrealistic images of approaches to situations at hand. He uses symbols and props to transmit the

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    How does Williams portray the character of Stanley and his attitudes? In your answer you should consider Williams’ use of language choices and dramatic techniques Stanley is the primary male character in A Streetcar Named Desire. His dominating role encompasses the cultural values of Elysian Fields‚ where men are breadwinners and women are the homemakers. On first appearance Stanley is portrayed as a physically attractive man and dominating attitude towards his wife. He is he is a proud ‘American’

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    emotions. In Fences‚ Death of a Salesman‚ The Great Gatsby‚ Invisible Man and A Streetcar Named Desire‚ sports and entertainment are used to show the lack of opportunity as well as characters’ hopes and fears. In the works‚ characters’ desperation for social improvement through sports shows the lack of social opportunities given to minorities and those outside the wealthy elite. Invisible Man had demonstrated himself to

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    How does Williams alert us for the tragedy that is to follow in scene 1 of ’A Streetcar Named Desire’? ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ can be seen as a modern domestic tragedy‚ with base elements of traditional tragedy. Williams is able to alert us‚ with subtle hints in the very first scene of the play that a tragedy is going to occur‚ by creating an atmosphere that is both oppressive and claustrophobic. The portrayal of characters also adds to the tension as we realise that the two main protagonists

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    Streetcar Named Desire Scene 2 1) Stella tells Stanley that Belle Reve (Rive?) is lost. It leads to a little argument. He asks for the papers‚ looks inside her trunk. He finds clothes‚ letters from Blanche’s dead husband‚ in a tin box. Napoleonic code. Stanley reveals Stella’s pregnancy. Belle Reve was lost on mortgage‚ sold by Ambler & Ambler 2) Sees through Blanche’s trunk. “Your looks are okay” -> Blanche was expecting compliments 3) Beautiful dresses - no paper at the

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    Perspectives of Streetcar Streetcar is a play with many interpretations as John Bak’s survey of the critics illustrates ‘A play about post war F.D.R. America’ and Savran p.89 describes the 1940-50 American South with civilization in collapse with profound economic ‚social‚ and political reorientation. Another view is ‘A psychological study of a fragile mind‘s struggle to negotiate nostalgia with reality’. Kazan’s note book views Stanley as representing ‘the crude forces of violence‚ insensibility

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