are doing. In this essay I will cover the following on the protagonist in the play a Streetcar Named Desire: the most distinctive traits and values of the character, what motivates the character, how the character creates internal and/or external conflict, and which stage directions revel the most about the character. First thing first, who is the protagonist? The protagonist in the play Streetcar Named Desire is Blanche DuBois. Now since you already know about her let me just get to the point…
find it easy to identify and describe these similarities, although, more often than not, there are underlying similarities in works one would never even think to compare. This proves to be true for the novel The Great Gatsby and the play A Streetcar Named Desire. The most significant bond between these two pieces of writing is that they both have a sympathetic, main character, who is so desperate for love that they will risk everything, even self-destruction, in order to obtain it. This becomes…
Throughout his life, Tennessee Williams, had many encounters with mental illness in his family. In his play A Streetcar Named Desire, he projected many of these disorders he encountered in his life onto his characters that he created in the play. The play implies that these characters could have some of these mental illnesses, particularly the main character of the play, Blanche DuBois. Signs of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) are shown in her…
While many of Jane’s moments alone in Volume One reveal her desire to explore the unknown, similar moments in Volume Two reveal why she does not take that risk and often remains in the familiar. As she falls in love with Rochester, Jane becomes more and more critical of herself and her social standing. After she learns of the possible engagement between Rochester and Blanche, Jane is especially critical of herself in a moment alone, imagining what Blanche might look like. This private moment of…
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a delusion, Blanche escapes from reality. Which is Blanche’s main problem because, life is not a fantasy. As seen in the play, A Streetcar Named Desire, by Tennessee Williams. Blanche has come to stay with her sister, Stella, and her brother-in-law, Stanley Kowalski in New Orleans after a tragic experience. She comes to Stella in hope of finding help after the death of her husband, Allen Grey. While visiting Stella she, meets Mitch, a man…
In a Streetcar Named Desire, by Tennessee Williams, Stella and Stanley use sexual advances in their own unique ways to gain dominance and power. The way they use these advances relate to their different identities. Whenever Stella steps out of line and Stanley hits her, Stella uses sex to woo Stanley and to show that she’s a strong woman who’s capable. Stanley, on the other hand, uses sexual advances to assert his dominance in order to maintain his role as the alpha male. Stella wants to show…
Williams was an American author and writer who wrote A Streetcar Named Desire, a playwright about misfortune and love. Lastly Ernest Hemingway was a famed short story writer. These are each very distinctive writers, but all three of them wrote these works and each of the works have the characters displaying egoism and selfish intent, even when dealing with actions which appear to be out of love. In the following works of literature selfish desires are expressed in nearly every action taken by…
Stella's world has close or if not the same amount of reality to that of Blanche’s. the Mexican lady with flowers symbolizes the death of Mitch and Blanche’s relationship as well as the representation of death being the opposite of desire. The baths in the story represent how Blanche tries to clean her world of her past and reality. Although, it only gets worse as the rape from Stanley destroys her. The song “Varsouviana” triggered Blanche’s mental decline and her remorse for Allen’s…
In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, and Tennessee William’s play A Streetcar Named Desire we are able to see the relationship between dream and reality through the symbol of light shown in both plays. As both stories progress, we see that the main characters of both novels, Gatsby and Blanche dwell on their past relationships and they both use the symbol of light to show the dreams that they really have . Gatsby uses the light as a symbol for Daisy who he dreams of having a…
intimidation (such as a threat to harm a woman’s self-esteem, life, and attitude. Due to this issue, many individuals usually feel pitiful towards those who have under gone a sexual assault. Nevertheless, in Tennessee Williams play A Street Car Named Desire the character Blanche’s rape occurs based in her own actions and decisions. First, I agree with society’s perception that women who flirt around with men, sleep with strangers, and display an external demonstration of themselves deserve to…