‘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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and the Concept of a Person‚ desire is an uncontrollable urge “to want.” Wanting things and actually fulfilling the “want” however‚ is the efforts of the will. The will is said to be an effective desire in which causes to not want‚ but actually do what they want to do (elicits an action)‚ “one that moves a person all the way to action” (Frankfurt 14). A first order desire is a wanting something such as materialistic items or “state of affairs” (which is not a desire) or wanting to fulfill an action
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Summary: An analysis of some of the many symbols found in "A Streetcar Named Desire" by Tennessee Williams‚ with the help of psychoanalytical theory. Williams’ expert use of these symbols helped him to convey the meaning of many characteristics of the protagonists in the play. It is very debatable nowadays how much psychology can influence an author or how much the author’s psychological features can influence his work. The creation of a character demands different kinds of information and the
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differences are due to physical and physiological differences. Stanley‚ the protagonist in A Streetcar Named Desire‚ is a aggressive and brutal man he represents the males of American society during this time period‚ he demonstrates the desire to have absolute control of his household‚ including his wife. He is referred to as "bestial" and is animalistic in his behavior and his desires. Even in the stage directions you can see that he is a powerful depiction of all that is male‚ magnifying certain
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Gender Roles in A Streetcar Named Desire Throughout history empowerment and marginalization has primarily been based on gender. In the play A Streetcar Named Desire‚ this idea of empowerment is strongly flaunted. Tennessee Williams’ characters‚ primarily Stanley‚ Blanche‚ Mitch‚ and Stella‚ conform the expected roles of men and women at the time. Although World War Two temporarily allowed women a place in the work force‚ they were dismissed from such empowerment when the war came to a close.
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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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Duty and Desire People could not live without desires for their life. To have a happy life‚ first of all it has to be desired. There is another aspect of life that opposite desire‚ duty. Both of them create life. Jasmine is the main character of the same name novel of Bharati Mukherjee who struggle about what she should act to‚ desire or duty. She was born in a very traditional culture that supports duty while she really want to live a life that she can choose. The story begins with the appearance
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Reader Response- “Streetcar Named Desire” Stella Kowalski is one of the main characters in the Tennessee William’s‚ “ A Streetcar Named Desire”. She is presented as a woman who has an older sister Blanch and a husband named Stanley. She is often overlooked in the play because of her husband Stanley and her sister Blanche are much more dynamic. However‚ Stella plays an important role that without her‚ Stanley and Blanche who are considered‚ as two major characters of the play throughout the story
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Sometimes the people in which others associate themselves with are the ones who restrict them from their dreams.In "A streetcar named Desire"‚ the two main opposing characters are Blanche and Stanely as the desires they want can’t exist with each other’s company. The fake world that Blanche has fabricated with all her compulsive lies can only subsist in her mind if it’s reassured by the belief of it all from those around her.Blanche wants the artificial reality she has created in her mind to
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The Idea of Bodily Desire Socrates‚ in Plato’s work "Symposium"‚ introduces the ladder of love through his conversation with the God-like figure‚ Diotima. The more knowledge about love one gains‚ the higher they climb and the less they focus on physical beauty. After Socrates has explained these concepts‚ Alcibiades steps in. He is confused because he himself is in love with philosophy‚ but he is also lost in bodily desire. According to the ideology of Socrates as expressed in Plato’s work "Symposium"
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