Exposition can be defined as the background information a playwright provides usually at the start of the play in order to for the readers to understand the dramatic situation and action as the play progresses. Using Freytag’s Pyramid, exposition can be marked by the part of the play before any rising action or conflict between the characters. As such, the exposition for Master Harold and the Boys, by Athol Fugard, can be until the point where Hally enters the play, since the entrance of Hally preludes the rising action where Hally is desperate to find out about his mother’s phone call. Likewise, in A Streetcar Named Desire (Streetcar), by Tennessee Williams, the exposition is the whole of scene one, before the rising action of Stanley suspecting
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In the exposition of Streetcar, Blanche is being introduced to the audience with an expression of “shocked disbelief” as well as clothes that are “incongruous” to the setting of New Orleans, wearing a “white suit” with “pearl” jewelry as well as “white gloves and hat”. Here, Blanche is dressed all prim and proper in a predominantly white ensemble and this juxtaposes the bustling, working-class setting. This then evokes a mood of alienation, how the audience can clearly see and sense that Blanche is very out of place in the scene, and immediately characterizes her as a foreigner to the play. This is especially significant as it shapes the interactions between Stanley and her later on in the play, especially his mistrust of …show more content…
In Streetcar, the music being played at the very start of the play is the “Blue Piano”. Such music is meant to express “the spirit of life”, and in this case, the hustle and bustle of New Orleans. Furthermore, Williams showcases the setting of bustling activity, with the introduction of many various minor characters such as the “negro woman”, the “sailor” and the “vendor”. In addition, the symbolic meaning of the spirit of life, is also highlighted again when Blanche was talking to Stella about Belle Reve. Here, the music became louder, which signifies that this spirit of life becomes more intense, especially so given the fact that Blanche starting bringing up “deaths” and “funerals”. The mood evoked here is one of sorrow, despair and desperation after losing Belle
In the exposition of Streetcar, Blanche is being introduced to the audience with an expression of “shocked disbelief” as well as clothes that are “incongruous” to the setting of New Orleans, wearing a “white suit” with “pearl” jewelry as well as “white gloves and hat”. Here, Blanche is dressed all prim and proper in a predominantly white ensemble and this juxtaposes the bustling, working-class setting. This then evokes a mood of alienation, how the audience can clearly see and sense that Blanche is very out of place in the scene, and immediately characterizes her as a foreigner to the play. This is especially significant as it shapes the interactions between Stanley and her later on in the play, especially his mistrust of …show more content…
In Streetcar, the music being played at the very start of the play is the “Blue Piano”. Such music is meant to express “the spirit of life”, and in this case, the hustle and bustle of New Orleans. Furthermore, Williams showcases the setting of bustling activity, with the introduction of many various minor characters such as the “negro woman”, the “sailor” and the “vendor”. In addition, the symbolic meaning of the spirit of life, is also highlighted again when Blanche was talking to Stella about Belle Reve. Here, the music became louder, which signifies that this spirit of life becomes more intense, especially so given the fact that Blanche starting bringing up “deaths” and “funerals”. The mood evoked here is one of sorrow, despair and desperation after losing Belle