A Streetcar Named Desire Essay

Cruelty is defined as a callous indifference to or pleasure in causing pain and suffering. There are many reasons why people dish out cruel words and none of us can say we are completely innocent of doing so. In Tennessee Williams's play A Streetcar Named Desire there is, once again, no denying the acts of cruelty allotted through the scenes. In the play both Blanche Dubois and Stanley Kowalski commit acts of unforgivable cruelty, but Stanley is by far more cruel over all. Blanche’s cruelty…

Both of these women are very strong characters. A Streetcar Named Desire is entirely focused on Blanche and her delusions. Towards the end of The Glass Menagerie, Amanda reverts back to being the most popular girl in Blue Mountain. She is also assuming that the gentleman caller will take on look at Laura and want to marry her, thus securing Amanda and Laura’s future. Both of these women characters are very strong. Since Williams’ sister Rose and mother were the only women with whom he had a…

it compared to other times. By using the historical/topical theory we bring to light how the major issues, circumstances that produced it, and main aspect of the book were influenced by the time period it was wrote in. The major issue in “a streetcar named desire” is the idea of sexuality. Sexuality is defined as being a person’s sexual orientation or preference. In this book we see two different types of sexuality number one is between Stella and Stanley and number two between Blanche and…

Progressive Perspective on A Streetcar Named Desire As it relates to the meanings of plays time, place and atmosphere are critical to conveying the playwright’s perspective on a particular topic. The particular topic that is focused on in Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire is modern progressivism. This was a particularly edgy topic to speak on especially for the time period coming out of World War II. Tennessee Williams utilizes three key elements of time, place, and atmosphere to…

How is Blanche presented in scenes 1-3 of "A Streetcar Named Desire"? In the first three scenes of "A Streetcar Named Desire," Blanche DuBois is presented as the typical southern belle in opposition to the modern world. We see her frailty contrasted with New Orleans' rough, vibrant French quarter and the way in which the modern world appears to confuse her. The affection she displays for her sister seems both genuine and warm. However, we also see a darker side to her personality - she seems…

Where there is an appetite for desire, there is an appetite for disaster. Well-known American playwright, Tennessee Williams, in his iconic play, A Streetcar Named Desire, eloquently illustrates the life of Blanche DuBois, an impecunious woman that has moved to New Orleans and is now living with her sister Stella and her sister’s husband Stanley, after being evicted from her ancestral home in Laurel, Mississippi. Stanley is a catalyst in Blanche’s fall from reality, as he makes it his mission to…

In Tennessee Williams book, “A Street Car Named Desire”, he uses a variety of techniques of stagecraft such as costume, lighting, and music. Throughout the play he uses very dramatic ways to describe what is going on between the characters and background. He describes what the characters characteristics are like and what their personalities seem to be. He uses italics in the book to show the emphasis of the lighting, music, and how the character looks. One of the main examples for lighting is…

The emotional reaction or attachment toward Blanche can be justified by the treatment Blanche receives in the play. Many readers and viewers sympathize more with her because she is a woman. Any harsh treatment of a woman cannot be justified as being something that she deserves spites their past. The harsh treatment for Blanche would be the betrayal of her sister’s husband trust, and him violently forcing himself onto her. Blanche is looking for love and wanting someone to love her since losing…

The play A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams is a play about social realism. Stella is living a fantasy life because she is reluctant to accept the truth of her and Stanley’s relationship. The realism of their relationship occurs when she says “I couldn’t go on believing her story and live with Stanley” (Stella, 1232). This demonstrates that if Stella believes her sister it would destroy her seamless illusion of her and Stanley’s ideal relationship. Stellas sees nothing wrong with…

Williams continues this theme of mental entrapment with one of his later plays, A Streetcar Named Desire. In like manner to The Glass Menagerie’s Laura, Blanche DuBois remains a prisoner of her own mind as she too cannot let go of her haunting past. Towards the middle of the book, readers learn of the main experience that causes Blanche’s problems when interacting with men. Her ex-husband, Allan Gray, commits suicide after being called disgusting by Blanche as a result from seeing him with…