Brandon Knickerbocker Ms. Fisher English 4 May 2015 Streetcar, The Musical Upon reaching the aching conclusion of World War II, American society is faced with a stage of urban growth in its culture and racial integration of African Americans. During the late 1940s women stepped down from their jobs that they took on in order to make winning the war possible. In this change of roles the average American woman feels more empowered and entitled having gotten a taste of this sort of independence
is married to a man named Stanley with who she shares a sexual relationship. She goes under the full control of her husband rather than going to her sister’s side due to having a child in her womb that belongs to him. This is represented in “A Streetcar Named Desire” where Stella uses a quote” But there are things that happen between a man and a woman in the dark – that sort of make everything else seem – unimportant”. This explains her love for Stanley, which is more like a physical passion, as
arguably the most structurally and thematically significant scene of A Streetcar Named Desire, presenting the final confrontation between Blanche and Stanley and concluding with Stanley, in his brutal rape of his wife’s sister, emerging as the undisputed victor. Williams uses language, sound, visual symbolism and violent stage directions in this passage to explore all the play’s key ideas, thus securing it as the dramatic climax of Streetcar. One of the primary concerns dealt with in this scene is that of
No other point of analysis summarizes A Streetcar Named Desire better than conflict. It drives the plot, characterizes the characters, and provides the theme of the play. In scene ten, Blanche tells Stanley, “But I have been foolish-casting my pearls before swine!” (Williams). While Blanche prides herself on her wardrobe because it represents her position in a higher social class, her financial situation has caused her to settle with gaudy, cheap clothing. However, she still believes that she is
A Streetcar Named Desire is a play in which the author, Tennessee Williams, explores themes of madness, class, and sexuality, primarily through the lives and actions of three seemingly dissimilar people, of which are Blanche DuBois, Stanley Kowalski, and Stella Kowalski. Blanche DuBois arrives to visit her sister and brother-in-law, Stella and Stanley Kowalski, who live in the French Quarter of New Orleans. Blanche is a sensitive woman who is desperately trying to grasp on to her aristocratic southern
The play A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams examines the theme of both death and desire. Williams presents the only options of life as being one of these two options. Either you choose to figuratively die or you succumb to your desires. You must make to choice and life and battle death and go towards desire. These themes are antitheses of one another and are often times intertwined together. Williams uses the characters actions and thoughts as well as contrasts between them to develop
My critical review will be over the 1951 drama film, A Streetcar Named Desire, which is an adaptation of Tennessee Williams’s 1947 play. The original play received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1948. The dramatic film was directed by Elia Kazan. My review will comment on the movie as a whole, as well as touch on the quality of acting element of realism that was utilized. First off, in the movie, Blanche DuBois comes to New Orleans and is shocked by how different everything is from where she is
Desire Leads To Despair In Streetcar Named Desire and “The Story Of An Hour” “Marry me Mitch” to “get out before I scream” after mitch denies blanche’s proposal - I guess that is meant by being in love (Williams 25). A Streetcar Named Desire is a story about Blanche Dubois’ desire for love, as a teacher from Laurel Mississippi, that had to deal with a lot of death in her family and being depended on. Blance had a strong desire for love and affection in her life, and takes on the role of a prostitute
Blanche Dubois’ final line in A Streetcar Named Desire is the most important part of the play regarding Blanche as it serves as one her final words before solitary confinement in a looney house, and two as a confession of Blanche really is. Her words say it all and are: “I've always depended on the kindness of strangers.” Here, we see her final and only completely words one could take as completely true as, if there is anytime where she speaks the truth it would be when she is extremely fearful,
Tennessee Williams’s famous play “A Streetcar Named Desire” centers around a Southern Belle named Blanche Dubois living in an urban home with her younger sister, Stella, and brother-in-law, Stanley where she has packed up all of her belongings in one trunk. She is not accustomed to the modern, urban way of life, so she sticks out like a sore thumb, and Stanley gives her a hard time in the process. He is skeptical of her and disrespects her in many ways throughout the play including rummaging through