On the surface‚ “Bartleby‚ the Scrivener” and “A Street Car Named Desire” are two literary works that have little in common. “Bartleby‚ the Scrivener” is about a Wall Street worker that gradually reduces the amount of work he does after his initial hiring‚ while “A Street Car Named Desire” is about a newly married couple‚ Stanley and Stella Kowalski‚ in New Orleans that have lives interrupted by Stella’s sister‚ Blanche DuBois. However‚ both texts share a similar theme‚ the struggle to gain power
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was named poet laureate of the year for his work in 2000 and 2001. Williams‚ a play write from Mississippi‚ lived from 1911 to 1983. Williams wrote many plays for Broadway and won a Pulitzer Prize. He was plagued with the secret of his homosexuality‚ which he expressed in some of his characters throughout his career. Despite the authors’ personal differences‚ both of their works expressed strong emotions. In Kunitz’s poem‚ After the Last Dynasty‚ and Williams’ play‚ A Streetcar Named Desire‚ two
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Everyone constructs their own reality Stella for star‚ I am just tolerating the people here at this countryside retreat... of course it is not what I’m used to but I will be strong and try not to cause trouble. It reminds of your humble home‚ I must “thank you for letting me in” I am excited to be in such a “convenient location”. It has been nearly eight months since I have seen you and I feel absolutely wonderful! You must say “a word about my appearance” when you see me next Stella. I am still
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A Streetcar Named Desire January 28‚ 2008 The relationships in A Streetcar Named Desire are interesting. We have the relationship between Stella and Blanche‚ the relationship between Stella and Stanley‚ the relationship between Blanche and Stanley‚ and the aspiring relationship between Mitch and Blanche. I think that it is from these relationships‚ and the dialogues between these people that we get to know what kind of people they are‚ and how they are alike or different. From Stella
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shame‚ or even to protect the people around us. However‚ consequently‚ the act of self-deception can be disastrous‚ not only for the delinquent‚ but also for those around them. This is continuously depicted in Tennessee Williams’ play‚ A Streetcar named Desire‚ as the protagonist‚ Blanche Dubois‚ spins a web of deceitful lies to escape the painful truth of her past. It isn’t only Blanche‚ however‚ that find them self a victim of their own self -deception‚ struggling to free themselves from the strong
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Christopher Senderos Period. 5 2-14-12 Blanche‚ What is She Really Like? A Street Car Named Desire‚ by Tennessee Williams is a play that was during the 1940’s. In this play there is a woman‚ her name is Blanche. Blanche has many ways of showing herself. When she first arrives in New Orleans‚ where her sister lives‚ she can be seen as a flirty woman‚ a deceiver‚ a pushy and rude woman. Blanche has many ways of showing herself being flirty at the beginning of the play. When Blanche
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The figure of women in Tennessee Williams’ work Analysis of the Glass Managerie‚ A Streetcar Named Desire and Baby Doll. “If the writing is honest it cannot be separated from the man who wrote it” stated Tennessee Williams in the preface of The Dark at the Top of the Stairs by William Motter Inge (1957). Tennessee Williams has never denied that literature was for him a kind of psychoanalysis. In particular‚ it seems that the evocation of women through his work reveals a lot about his personality
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because she had an affair with a teenage student. Finally‚ she has no choice but to move to New Orleans at the Kowalski apartment. It triggers the conflicts and forces between traditional values and modern beliefs. Blanche is an upper-class woman whose social status is higher than that of Stanley who is a lower-class working man. Blanche’s superiority can be seen from her appearances and attitudes. She is dressed in a fine white suit when she arrives at the Kowalski apartment and is carrying a suitcase
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from New Orleans‚ and the statement itself is ironic. It’s ironic because the kind strangers were only kind in exchange for something. It fits into the plot because it reassures‚ for the last time‚ to the readers that Blanche has lost her grip on reality and sees her life as she wants to see it. It’s meaningful because it shows that although there are kind strangers‚ most of them have an ulterior motive in mind and to be careful to not forget
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The Characters of the Play "Streetcar Named Desire" by Tennessee Williams Have Their Desires Vanish In Front of Their Eyes While the Characters Pursue Them In the play "Streetcar Named Desire" by Tennessee Williams Blanche had to take the streetcar that is named Desire‚ switch to the one that is called Cemeteries and then to get off at Elysian Fields; Williams’ use of these names for the streetcars and the street itself summarizes the development of the main characters of the play. Every character
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