A Streetcar Named Desire

these controversial books is A Streetcar Named Desire. Written by Tennessee Williams, this American playwright follows the story of Blanche Dubois, a seemingly pure and innocent woman, who temporarily moves in with her sister, Stella Kowalski, and Stella’s husband, Stanley Kowalski. Throughout the play, Stanley abuses his wife Stella suggesting marital rape in their relationship,…

choosing to continue living with Stanley when they both committed wrong acts. This situation is not only one sided and Stella should have decided to part ways from them both. 5. Desire has led Blanche's downfall causing her to be in this place in her life where she feels alone and unloved. The two instances of "desire" in the play that have led to her demise are when she purses young men to try to recapture the love she once had with Allan when they were younger. Also, when she is having…

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…

Despite their polar opposite upbringings, Blanche DuBois and Stanley Kowalski in Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire share similar qualities that cause them to frequently bump heads with each other. They dislike the same qualities in the other that they have in themselves. For both characters, their passions and desires dictate their actions throughout the play. Both Blanche and Stanley express their feelings passionately, causing a blurred line of reality. These qualities and…

In the movie A Streetcar Named Desire the movie portrays a more accurate plot that help make it a accurate play. It's centered when Blanche goes to visit her sister Stella in a small town in Louisiana. The movie presents a more shallow and uninterested mood judging by the way the actors play the role of the character. As a viewer the producer didn't present the right group of actors to portray the characters of the movies. For the first 26 minutes or so, A Streetcar Named Desire began to feel…

Society of Tennessee Williams’ time saw sexuality as a negative aspect of ourselves that should be suppressed because of its destructive nature. Throughout A Streetcar Named Desire Williams showcases his characters in this anti-sex society. He presents his characters in this society, not to praise it, but instead to highlight the negative effects of existing in such a world. Furthermore, through the actions and consequences his characters face in conforming to society’s standards, Williams…

became an abusive father, as his children grew older. His mother, Edwina, was a preacher’s daughter and was a spoiled southern belle. The combination of these two were likely the inspiration for the characters of Blanche and Stanley. In A Streetcar Named Desire, the character of Blanche ends up in a consistent battle with reality; she has enormous trouble tolerating her actual life, her existence. Blanche’s part in the suicide of her husband causes her to be guilt ridden. Blanche reveals to…

Every person has had a traumatic past or an unfortunate event that has affected them one way or another; all have a different way of coping, and for Tennessee Williams it was writing. One of his better known plays,“A Streetcar Named Desire”, is a play constructed of pieces of his past childhood. The play is constructed of symbolism, aggressive diction, and conflict to be as a stage for William’s broken, beaten down mind. Tennessee Williams was born in Columbus, Mississippi; he had two…

A Streetcar Named Desire is one of the major works of the 20th century. Williams applied many autobiographical elements in his play. The title is significance as it shows that desire is the basic driving force in the play that will destroy the lives of each of the main character. The play belongs to the genre of the Southern Gothic as Blanche represents the faded, corrupt culture of the South. The play is a classical tragedy as it presents the downfall and the tragic end of the main character.…

Banning A Streetcar Named Desire from the High School curriculum Society has a responsibility to protect the minds of the innocent within the world’s corrupt culture. However, some would argue that banning books takes away the freedom of the youth and divulges more about the censorship than if it were not banned at all. As it stands, the matter of sheltering students versus indulging them in inappropriate subject matter has always been of the utmost importance. The line of censorship is…