her liquor. The presence of other characters created a strong effect on Blanche’s feelings towards them and I tried to capture all the features non-verbally. Stanley is highlighted as dominating and demanding as well as making Blanche feel uncomfortable. With the use of gestures I began to communicate a response to the undertone of threat Stanley poses and in contrast to his underlying attraction to her. I found this to be useful when comparing him to a cockerel. His strong persona and force to put
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tell the truth‚ the consequences of her decisions drive the action of the play forward. Blanche’s lies create escalating conflict between she and Stanley‚ often revealed in his dealings with paper. In fact‚ when Stanley first physically violates Blanche‚ it is through paper. In Scene II‚ in an effort to uncover Blanche’s past and subsequent lies‚ Stanley rummages through her personal trunk‚ discovering love letters from Allan. When he “ snatches them up‚ she speaks fiercely ’the touch of your hands
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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 again. With the past haunting her trail‚ Blanche tries to run far beyond it. Stanley doesn’t help matters
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When Stanley tells the ladies to disappear until the game is finished‚ Stella reminds him that it is 2:30 A.M. and time to quit. Stanley swats her rear and the sisters go into the other room‚ where Blanche meets Harold Mitchell coming from the bathroom. When he leaves‚ Blanche thinks that he looks more sensitive than the others and is told that Mitch’s mother is very sick. Blanche begins to undress until Stella reminds her that she is in the light. The sisters begin to laugh‚ and Stanley yells to
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want to get to close and have it happen again. She slowly drives him away and he sees this and stanley helps him notice it. He pushes her away and takes with her her last bit of trust and love. She completely loses her sense of self‚ leaving her vulnerable to Stanley and reality. Stanley see this and captures off of it‚ reality hits her fast and she can’t tell what is real and not‚ which allows Stanley to capture this moment. After raping her‚ she feel of the cliff and plunged into the waters of
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showed how “dirt bags” like Stanley dressed like. Stanley and Stella didn’t live the life of the rich or middle class‚ they leaved in a tiny apartment which got Blanche to wonder why Stella left their town to live in this pig style in New Orleans. The music used in this era was a lot more instrumental‚ by that I mean it was mainly jazz or orchestra music. One of the main parts in the movie were the music is when Stella is walking down the stairs after hearing Stanley screaming her name and asking
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Consider the characters of Stanley‚ Blanche and Stella and their behaviours in Scene 1. Using your own words‚ describe whether you think is reinforcing or challenging hegemony in “A Streetcar Named Desire”. I think Tennessee Williams is not challenging hegemony in the play “A Streetcar Named Desire” and it’s maintaining the cultural and social topics of the time. To start off‚ the characters of Stella‚ Stanley and Blanche are showing prejudices and discrimination by their actions‚ behaviour
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Blanche DuBois. In the plot‚ Blanche is Stella’s younger sister who has come to visit Stella and her husband Stanley in New Orleans. After their first meeting Stanley develops a strong dislike for Blanche and everything associated with her. Among the things Stanley dislikes about Blanche are her "spoiled-girl" manners and her indirect and quizzical way of conversing. Stanley also believes that Blanche has conned him and his wife out of the family mansion. In his opinion‚ she is
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see her sister and her crude husband‚ Stanley Kowalski. From the onset‚ its apparent Blanche’s stay is going to be a tumultuous ride. The play offers stark examples of how Blanche and Stella are very different. Stella Kowalski is the perfect sister‚ she is there for anybody when needed. She knows how to listen to Blanche’s problems and feelings‚ that in itself is amazing; she also is a naive‚ happily married‚ and a forgiving woman. Stella says "When he’s (Stanley) is away for a week I nearly go crazy
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Conflict causes most of us a great degree of discomfort‚ anger‚ frustration‚ sadness‚ and pain. Conflict is a struggle between two or more forces that creates a tension that must be resolved (although in some stories‚ as in real life‚ it isn’t). Examples of different types of conflict include: - Cultural social class conflict. -Emotional conflict -Group conflict (racial) -Conflict with the
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