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    plays A Streetcar Named Desire and A View from the Bridge are both plays that focus on mainly the theme of domination of the female characters by the males. Where A Streetcar Named Desire is a Southern Gothic, A View from a Bridge is a tragedy that is actually similar to Williams’ play as they both end tragically for the main character. Each playwright uses their own method and techniques in order to get the message or point of view across to the audience members. In A Streetcar Named Desire, the form

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    situation at all, “It was just a wrong marriage,” Williams later wrote. The Williams family situation helped with the playwright’s art. Throughout this essay, I will look back on Tennessee Williams life as well as one of his most known plays A Streetcar Named Desire. Williams enrolled at the University of Missouri in 1929 and there he studied Journalism. Sad to say Tennessee was withdrawn from college when his father got word of his girlfriend attending the same University. He returned home and became

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    How A Streetcar Named Desire adheres to and deviates from Southern Gothic genre conventions Tennessee Williams’ play A Streetcar Named Desire is often considered to be among the best plays of the 20th century, and a large part of its charm can be attributed to the alluring, vibrant and complex setting and atmosphere that adds meaning to the characters and their relationships. Knowing the play’s context of creation and background information about the main characters, it is possible to claim that

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    A Streetcar Named Desire, written by Tennessee Williams, is comparable to Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman. Salesman’s title foreshadows the deterioration and death of the protagonist, Willy. Williams’s Streetcar title relates to how the desires of the characters have led them to where they are. Throughout the settings, characters, and themes, the plays exhibit both similarities and differences. Settings of the plays help show the comparability of the two writings. The plays both take place

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    TENNESSEE WILLIAMS’ A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE 1. Background of Analysis A streetcar Named Desire is a stage play that written by Tennese Wiliams. It first published in 1947 and takes place in New Orleans, Louisiana. In this play, Williams presents women as powerless, weak, and passive characters who are tightly linked to their persecutors due to economic, social, and physical needs. During the time period of Tennessee Williams, author of the play A Streetcar Named Desire, lived in, men were typically

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    A Streetcar Named Desire; to Ban or Not to Ban As readers begin to follow Blanche Dubois’ journey throughout A Streetcar Named Desire into the deep heart of Louisiana, the world of Blanche’s sister is introduced in none other than New Orleans. There, southern charm, precious couples, chummy friendships, and unbreakable family ties become apparent immediately, yet under the surface, more than just a hint of dark, buried social issues overflow. As Blanche’s experience with her sister Stella and brother-in-law

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    “A Streetcar Named Desire” by Tennessee Williams “Stella has embraced him with both arms, fiercely, and full in the view of Blanche. He laughs and clasps her head to him. Over her head he grins through the curtains at Blanche.” (Williams 73) A Streetcar Named Desire written by Tennessee Williams exemplifies the theme of a struggle to attain happiness. The play not only portrays this theme in its characters and setting, but through the literary devices of Foil, Imagery, and Intertextuality. Williams

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    Martinez 10/3/17 Period 3 Streetcar Film Analysis Elia Kazan directed the film A Streetcar Named Desire and produce by Warner Brothers in 1951. The novel was originally written by Tennessee Williams and promoted as a play in 1947 and turned into a film later through out its success . The awards received were the Pulitzer price award in 1948 and was nominated for best motion picture, best writing and screen play. The novel was basically about a former English school teacher named Blanche Dubois (played

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    Menagerie and A Streetcar Named Desire, Tennessee Williams makes use of very specific light cues. In his works, Williams uses lighting to declare relationships, portray moods, and connect with the audience. Tennessee Williams uses light in The Glass Menagerie and A Streetcar Named Desire to make the audience feel the characteristics of Blanche, Laura, and Stanley, the relationships between characters, and to show that The Glass Menagerie is a memory play. Throughout A Streetcar Named Desire, Blanche portrays

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    The plays, A Streetcar Named Desire and A View from the Bridge, focus on the theme of domination of the female characters through the writer’s habit of literacy techniques such as imagery and realism to add the typical tragedy that follows in both plays – where the main character dies at the end and each playwright uses their own method to manipulate their point of view or opinion of the play’s plot to the audience members. In Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire, its form of a Southern Gothic enables

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