A Streetcar Named Desire Essay

We, as human beings, all have insecurities, but trying to hide or pretend they are nonexistent only makes you more insecure. Females tend to feel more insecure than males, which is why they crave attention from males. In a Streetcar Named Desire, Blanche struggles with her inner beauty and her change in lifestyle. In the shower she sings “Say, it’s only a paper moon (Fitzgerald 1960),” a moon symbolizes beauty, but a paper moon symbolizes fake beauty. Possibly, Blanche sees herself in this song…

Tennessee Williamses use of Blanche in his play A Streetcar Named Desire as a symbolic image which represents many different motifs and themes throughout the play, this is achieved by the overall development of her complex character. The importance of Blanches role in the play is shown by one of the plays original names, ´The Moth´ which is a direct reference to blanche – in scene one she is said to have the ´manner… that suggests a moth´. It is argued by many critics, such as Biljana Oklopčić,…

Why is the beginning of scene eleven of Tennessee Williams' "A Streetcar Named Desire" significant? The beginning of scene eleven is one of the most significant passages in Williams' "A Streetcar Named Desire". In the aftermath of Blanche's rape, the audience is unsure what repercussions Blanche and Stanley may face and how the other characters will respond. In his final portrayal of Blanche, Williams creates sympathy for his fallen heroine and explores some of the play's key themes,…

In Tennessee Williams’ play A Streetcar Named Desire animal imagery is displayed throughout the play within many characters. As many different factors and symbols Animal imagery pertaining to Stanley can be seen in the play when Blanche describes Stanley expressing “He acts like an animal, has an animal’s habits! Eats like one, moves like one, talks like one! There’s something – sub-human – something not quite the stage of humanity yet! Yes, something – ape-like about him, like one of those…

Tennessee Williams, “A Streetcar Named Desire,” reflects reality as the jealousy between siblings affects their relationship. Everyone who grew up with a brother or sister understands how competitive it can be to the ascendant child. Whether it’s having better grades in school or the better life, an argument will arise. Furthermore, the sisters of A Streetcar Named Desire portray the actuality between siblings offset. When Blanche arrives to visit her sister Stella and her husband Stanley for…

In A Streetcar Named Desire, written by Tennessee Williams in 1947, Stella Kowalski has to make a critical decision. During the entire show Blanche DuBois is staying with her sister, Stella. While she is there Blanche becomes more and more deranged, and as the show continues Blanche lies about her life and how she came to stay with her sister. Due to Blanche Dubois’ daft mannerisms, she should be sent to a mental institution. Blanche begins the show lying. She tells Stella how she was on leave…

What Happened to Stella? : An Analysis Though A Streetcar Named Desire is primarily about Blanche DuBois and her decline into hysteria, Stella Dubois remains a key player in the story; she is a connector of sorts, prompting events to take place. She is Blanche’s sister and Stanley’s wife, connecting them together, for without her they would have never met. Stella is having the baby and it is Stella who eventually sends Blanche away. Stella may not be the prominent character throughout the play,…

While reading the play Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams, I fell in love with the story Williams created. I was completely sucked into the story that I fell in love with when I watched the movie directed by Elia Kazan and produced by Charles Feldman. The movie stuck to the script for the most part because Tennessee Williams was also the screenwriter for the movie. The movie starts off with music (directed by Alex North) that gets the audience into the feel of New Orleans in the…

Most people consider themselves pretty ordinary, fairly normal, and maybe even a little common. Stanley Kowalski, from Tennessee William’s A Streetcar Named Desire, certainly considers himself common, a fact he is both proud and ashamed of. He lives in a rougher city, where love is not always well understood. When his wife’s sister, Blanche, lives in his house for a while, Stanley is outraged and wants her gone, as she is everything he is not. Throughout the play, Stanley seems to dominate the…

A Street Car Name Desire compared to The Night of the Iguana After studying A Streetcar Named Desire and The Night of the Iguana it is clear that Tennessee Williams seems to follow a central theme surrounding the topic of sexual desire in his plays. The theme of sexual desire is perhaps the most obvious existence in both of the plays. To start off with, A Streetcar Named Desire is about a girl named Blanche Dubois. Blanche goes to New Orleans to visit her pregnant sister, Stella. Another…