A Streetcar Named Desire starts with Blanche arriving at her sisters, Stella’s apartment in New Orleans. She had arrived with all her belongs and some bad news. She had lost the Belle Reve, which was their families’ mansion. When Stanley and Blanche meet, it’s an automatic unsettling relationship between the two. Stanley thinks that she cheated Stella with the share of Bella Reve. Their relationship gets worse when Stanley gets too drunk while playing poker and beats Stella. This same night, Blanche meet Mitch. There was an immediate attraction between the two. Blanche does not want Stella to stay with someone that is abusive. Stanley overheard all of the bad things Blanche and they are now enemies. Stanley starts investigating about her past
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Both the play and the movie, however, are interpreted differently. The play is mild compared to the movie. The motions and actions of actors and actress were extravagant and over exaggerated so viewer were able to see the scenes of the play easier. The director critiques the simple aspect of the plan to make it easier for the readers to envision For example, Scene two starts with Stanley and Stella having a casual conversation. In the scene you see Stella’s love for Stanley right away with a simple kiss. This simple movement is how the director is able to interpret the play. You also see Stanley’s snarky attitude when he is talking to Stella. You see the uniqueness of the individual characters through the play by the tone it is written. You can tell by the way Stella talks that she has more education that Stanley does and you also see how passionate Stanley is about a topic when he finds out something is quite right, especially when it has to do with Stella and him. As seen in the play, Stanley believes that Blanche cheated her sister out of her part of the money she got from selling Belle Reves. He then starts going through Blanche’s items and telling Stella that she bought all these extravagant items with the money. He wants his wife’s part of the money. In this scene, Blanche is seen as innocent. She did not mind Stanley going through her items for papers about Belle Reve, but as soon as he touched her love
Both the play and the movie, however, are interpreted differently. The play is mild compared to the movie. The motions and actions of actors and actress were extravagant and over exaggerated so viewer were able to see the scenes of the play easier. The director critiques the simple aspect of the plan to make it easier for the readers to envision For example, Scene two starts with Stanley and Stella having a casual conversation. In the scene you see Stella’s love for Stanley right away with a simple kiss. This simple movement is how the director is able to interpret the play. You also see Stanley’s snarky attitude when he is talking to Stella. You see the uniqueness of the individual characters through the play by the tone it is written. You can tell by the way Stella talks that she has more education that Stanley does and you also see how passionate Stanley is about a topic when he finds out something is quite right, especially when it has to do with Stella and him. As seen in the play, Stanley believes that Blanche cheated her sister out of her part of the money she got from selling Belle Reves. He then starts going through Blanche’s items and telling Stella that she bought all these extravagant items with the money. He wants his wife’s part of the money. In this scene, Blanche is seen as innocent. She did not mind Stanley going through her items for papers about Belle Reve, but as soon as he touched her love