SBlanche’s Madness Blanche DuBois in Tennesse William’s A Streetcar Named Desire suffers from living in a culture dominated by men‚ the human condition of desire and the insecurity and madness that follow; sexuality and her self-pressure to maintain self worth are the source of her cast off from society. The madness is launched when she loses her money‚ family‚ husband‚ job‚ and continues to lose her youthful appearance. Blanche’s insanity can be deemed acceptable from the surface because of her
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and Stanley was indifferent. As evening began to approach‚ Stanley and his friends were having a poker night at the Kowalski resident. Stanley and his friends were beginning to get a little more foolish and outrageous because alcohol was involved. Stella said to Stanley “Couldn’t you call it quits after one more hand.” Then Stanley stands up and smacks his wife in her thigh. As hours and hours pass by‚ Stella says to Stanley and his friends “Drunk‚ Drunk‚ animal thing‚ you!” Then Stanley charges
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Feminist reading: The play A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams was written in the late in the late 1940’s in New Orleans‚ Louisiana. In literature‚ the patriarchy is said to oppress all women and most men. This can be seen as true during the journey of characters such as Blanche‚ Stella‚ and Mitch. On the other hand‚ the text also conveys how the patriarchy can empower men‚ through the representation of the character of Stanley. In the play‚ Stella can be seen as the usual oppression
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in A Streetcar Named Desire - the words spoken by the characters in the play and the text of the stage directions. Whether witnessing a performance or reading the text of a play we rely on the dialogue to enable us to create an image of the characters‚ to decide if we like or dislike them‚ to try to understand them and their actions. The nuances of speech set the characters in their class context and show the differences of social status and education as well as of character. In A Streetcar Named
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In the classic film‚ A Streetcar Named Desire‚ there are four main characters with four very different personalities. While Stanley is the definite dominant male‚ controlling and demanding to his wife‚ Stella‚ who has learned to tolerate his personality; Mitch is the overall average good guy‚ desiring nothing short of a normal life with a loving wife. Blanche is the main character in the story and is the sister of Stella. The two of them have been apart over the years and recently came together
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sorrow and can be representative of all the mistakes made. These memories can be very influential on essentially every aspect of one’s life‚ from emotional stability to decision-making abilities. Tennessee Williams in his contemporary play‚ A Streetcar named Desire‚ shows the significance of the memories of the past in the life of a young female protagonist. Blanche Debois’ past memories have contributed to her development as a character‚ her delusional behaviour and her foreshadowed demise as a tragic
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what extent do the Kowalskis and the DuBois represent a clash of cultures in “A Streetcar Named Desire”? “I am not a Polack. People from Poland are Poles‚ not Polacks. But what I am is a one hundred per cent American‚ born and raised in the greatest country on earth and proud as hell of it‚ so don’t ever call me a Polack.” - Stanley Kowalski In “A Streetcar Named Desire” the clash of cultures between Stanley Kowalski and the two DuBois sisters‚ Stella and Blanche‚ becomes very noticeable
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desperate seekers often spend their entire lives frantically looking for a savior to revive their weary bones. Heralded author and playwright Tennessee Williams understood this reality well. In his magnum opus titled A Streetcar Named Desire‚ Williams vividly illustrates the story of a woman named Blanche DuBois who embarks on a quest to find such salvation. Readers watch as the protagonist of the play stumbles through the obstacle course of her life in search of a redemptive character who can bring her rest
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‘A Streetcar named Desire‚’ is an interesting play‚ by Tennessee Williams. The character ’Blanche DuBois’ is created to evoke sympathy‚ as the story follows her tragic deterioration in the months she lived with her sister Stella‚ and brother-in-law Stanley. After reading the play‚ I saw Blanche as the victim of Stanley’s aggressive ways‚ and I also saw her as a hero in my eyes. Blanche’s devistating past is just one of the reasons I felt sympathy for her. Troubled from her past‚ Blanche has a
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they had a rough childhood or if they grew up with a silver spoon in their mouth? Blanche Dubois past consists of a dead husband‚ her compulsive lying‚ and prostitution. Blanches past is what led to the eventual demise of her character in A Streetcar Named Desire. Blanche Dubois had a past that was filled with love. In scene 6‚ while sitting with Mitch‚ Blanche talks about her first husband that she met when she was 16. In the story Blanche talks about coming home one night and finding her husband
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