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    The Street Car Named Desire and Death of a Salesmen both have central themes that center around the main characters of the plays revealing both playwright’s unrealistic expectations of women. The characters of the plays struggle with being their own downfall. There are also the same place in which we can see the characters struggle. The role of Stella and Linda are both very traditional women in that the play they the p-lay the stay at home wife. Stella, In the Street Car Named Desire is loyal to her

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    ANALYSIS OF THE WOMEN IMAGE, BLANCHE AND STELLA, IN 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

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    Women in Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire and Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman The part of Stella and Linda are both archetypal female figures in that they follow the typical fictional role of the submissive wife and mother. In A Streetcar Named Desire, Stella DuBois (renamed Mrs. Stanley Kowalski) supports and forgives her husband, defending him against any criticism. Likewise, in Death of a Salesman, Linda - the only female character with any import - is a meek, timid figure

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    The film A Streetcar Named Desire was an original play by Tennessee Williams then was later made in film form by Elia Kazan. I think A Streetcar Desire Named Desire could be seen as a narrative because it is based on one of the characters lives, it shares a story about this woman named Blanche DuBois who was a schoolteacher is now on a search for what comes next in her life, like where does she go from where she is now? Blanche is trying to find a place where she belongs and somewhere she can call

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    differences in the presentation of female characters in A Streetcar Named Desire and The World’s wife In this essay, I will be exploring the similarities and differences of female characters in ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ by Tennessee Williams; and ‘The World’s Wife’ by Carol Ann Duffy. Both texts denote women as somewhat weak and incompetent and as having a predatory attitude towards the mainly dominant male characters. A Streetcar Named Desire was written in 1945 and it initially connected with America’s

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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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    Thematic Comparison of The Glass Menagerie and A Streetcar Named Desire Tennessee Williams is regarded as a pioneering playwright of American theatre. Through his plays, Williams addresses important issues that no other writers of his time were willing to discuss, including addiction, substance abuse, and mental illness. Recurring themes in William’s works include the dysfunctional family, obsessive and absent mothers and fathers, and emotionally damaged women. These characters were inspired by his experiences

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    characters face many challenges do to their race and gender. In the early to mid nineteen hundreds, Women working was quite unconventional exceptional if they were African American. Therefore when NACA and Langley decided to start hiring African women, as the United States was midst a war, it was a step into greater equality. Similar to these ideas, the play A Streetcar Named Desire deals with the ideas of women equality and the dominance men have on them. The themes of these novels are fairly alike however

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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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    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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