A Streetcar Named Desire

The play, "A Streetcar Named Desire" by Tennessee Williams, takes place in New Orleans around the nineteen-forties at the home of Stella Kowalski and her husband, Stanley Kowalski. Stella and Stanly live a very simple life in New Orleans. They have a very codependent and unhealthy marriage. Blanche Dubois arrives at her sister Stella 's apartment and comes off as being slightly judgmental at first. Stanley takes an instant dislike to Blanche and feels threatened by her because she really…

“A Streetcar Named Desire” Personal Response As a young damsel in Belle Reve, I was frequently reminded of the old cliché to “never judge a book by its cover”. Perhaps this was an attempt to teach my younger self the importance of seeing the beauty in all things despite their external appearance, but nonetheless, the lectures of my youth were of no avail. I am a firm believer in the idea that the way one chooses to display oneself to the world has a direct effect on how one is perceived by…

At first glance Stella is characterised as the stereotypical female character, extremely contrasted to her older sister Blanche. The beginning of the play sets Stella’s sister up as the transgressive character. Firstly she tells Stella that one drink is her limit, although the stage directions earlier reveal how she was drinking whiskey and “tosses it down”, showing she cannot control herself. Subsequently she washes it out to deflect suspicion. Blanche’s transgressions become more obvious later…

Would you pick your husband over your sister? Does your love life mean more to you than your blood relationship? According to the play A Street Car Named Desire by Tennessee Williams, Stella is stuck in a confusing situation where she has trouble picking a side. On one side it’s her husband, Stanley who she can’t live without and on the other side it’s her sister, Blanche who blames her for losing their family home, Belle Reve. In this play Stella picks Stanley over Blanche due to the fact that…

Then did you create Blanche’s character base on your belief that people sometimes do the wrong thing not buy chose, but by necessity or certain still-uncomprehended influences in themself and their circumstances. Yes. I created Blanche as a focus point in the book where event revolve her and are affected by which path she decide to walk down when faced with a situation. As we know Blanche's past is a major factor that affect her decisions. She believes that there was no other choice but hide…

confront the “magic” she possessed and lost. Furthermore, throughout the play, Blanche works very hard to hide the reputation she has gained in Laurel and present Mitch with a false image. One may wonder the extent to which the darkness represents her desire to not only hide her wrinkles but hide her past: a physical expression of her wish to remain veiled on a level…

Two Souths Equally Flawed Tennessee William’s “A Streetcar Named Desire” is a story that takes place in New Orleans following the Civil War. It consists of a character named Blanche who represents the old south trying to fit into the new. The film “Unfinished Nation” talks about how the old south became known as the antebellum period during the 19th century. The film also talks about how, the social and economic life of the wealthy was very privileged and held unrealistic ideals in their world…

A Streetcar Named Classism An analysis of classism present in A Streetcar Named Desire Classism: noun, a social construct meant to prejudice people belonging to a particular social class, normally by economic bracket, into groups of varying worth and dispensability. Those who place themselves on top through classism thrive while those under them suffer for it. A Streetcar Named Desire, a play by playwright Tennessee Williams holds a great example of how dangerous and hurtful classism can be. A…

The 2010 Writers’ Theatre revival of A Streetcar Named Desire, presented in the Chicago suburb of Glencoe, arrived on the scene in the immediate afterglow of the critically acclaimed and soldout limited US run of the Sydney Theatre Company’s production of the play starring Cate Blanchett as Blanche DuBois. The Sydney production, directed by Liv Ullmann, was universally praised, and critics particularly singled out Blanchett’s performance as revelatory and nearly definitive. With Ullmann’s…

An Important Ending All the scenes in A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams have a compelling meaning to the overall play; each scene plays a role to determine the themes, symbols, and the characteristics of the story. You can see that everything comes together in the final scenes with what Stanley did to Blanche and Blanche leaving to go to a mental institution. Through the progression of scenes of A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams, the final scene of the…