However‚ Williams conceives that Blanche and Stella show two different types of femininity in the play‚ nevertheless‚ both of them are dependent on men‚ showing that females have a sexual desire. This sexual desire has also been seen in Stanley in scene 3 when Stanley called for Stella to come‚ “Stella! Stella‚ sweetheart! Stella! Stell-lahhhhh!” (Williams 67). Thus‚ In A Streetcar Named Desire‚ Tennessee Williams juxtaposes Femininity and masculinity to reveal how women are dependent on men. Both
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pretensions of aristocracy. She is now as poor as Stanley and Stella‚ but she cannot help but look down on the humble Kowalski apartment. Stanley tells her that she’ll probably see him as "the unrefined type." The differences between them‚ however‚ are more complex and volatile than a matter of refinement. Desire is central to the play. Blanche is unable to come to terms with the force of her own desire. She is clearly repelled and fascinated by Stanley at the same time. And though she stayed
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The premise of this book is that otherwise good (or at least not actively bad) people can do bad‚ indeed evil things and that this can be explained by the situation in which the acts took place. In 1971 Zimbardo conducted the "Stanford prison experiment" in which students enacted the roles of prison guards and prisoners - the results so traumatised Zimbardo that supposedly he never gave the experiment the complete write-up he intended to. Many years later he acted as an expert witness for the defense
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different aspects the issues are two of the most important characters in the play‚ Stanley Kowalski and Blanche DuBois. Right from the start‚ Blanche is already a fallen woman in society’s eyes. She is sufficiently self-aware to know that she cannot survive in the world as it is. Reality is too harsh‚ so she must create an illusion that will allow herself to maintain her delicate‚ fragile hold on life. Stanley‚ however‚ represents the new‚ diverse America to which Blanche doesn’t belong. He sees
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Blanche’‚ Williams invites his audience to interpret the social transformation which Stella has undergone. This very base image of having to earn a living contrasts significantly with the image of ’columns’‚ which Stanley introduces in Scene Eight. Stella has been forced to adapt her lifestyle in order to integrate in this modern‚ maledominated society. Blanche‚ on the other hand‚ is selfimmersed in a world of fantasy or ’makebelieve’ as
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recognizes that Stella could be happier without her physically abusive husband‚ Stanley. Yet‚ the alternative Blanche proposes—contacting Shep Huntleigh for financial support—still involves complete dependence on men. When Stella chooses to remain with Stanley‚ she chooses to rely on‚ love‚ and believe in a man instead of her sister. Williams does not necessarily criticize Stella—he makes it quite clear that Stanley represents a much more secure future than Blanche does. For herself‚ Blanche sees
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“Varsouiviana” (Polka) song in different aspects of the play to reflect the emotional trauma in Blanche’s life. Williams introduces the Varsouiviana song to associate it with Blanche’s young husband’s death. In scene one‚ the song plays instantly when Stanley asks‚ “You were married once‚ weren’t you?” (28). The Varsouiviana song is the song Blanche and her husband danced to‚ the night he committed suicide. Blanche memory of her young husband was triggered after Stanley’s question. The Polka song serves
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How and why is the Grotesque Used in Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire? Throughout this semester‚ we were introduced to varying degrees of literary styles and themes. From the epiphanies discovered through American Realism‚ to the skepticism explored through Literary Modernism‚ to the conflicts of social conformity and individualism approached by a Post-Modernistic America and its writers. We have had the great opportunity of being exposed to individuals who questioned and pushed
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In A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams‚ the main characters have a difficult time facing reality. Blanche DuBios‚ Stanley Kowalski‚ and Stella Kowalski live different lives‚ but are all stuck within their own fantasy worlds. In this story‚ Williams shows that too much fantasy can lead to devastation. Blanche has been fired from her job as a school teacher for sleeping with a student. She has been kicked out of her town for being a prostitute. Blanche needs to feel young and secure. She
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put into practice. An example of this would be Stanley Kubrick. Although his films vary in genre‚ the camera work and the actual visual quality of the film have similarities. Stanley’s most famous films were all created around the same time‚ with 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) and A Clockwork Orange (1971)‚ the visual quality is high in both of these films and can be compared with media created decades later. This goes to show just how far Stanley Kubrick went to give his works of art a quality signature
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