A Streetcar Named Desire

displayed in many different ways throughout stories and plays in literature. Its importance is shown in “Ain’t I a Woman?” by Sojourner Truth, “Our Town” by Thornton Wilder, “Desiree’s Baby” by Kate Chopin, “The Crucible” by Arthur Miller, and “A Streetcar Named Desire” by Tennessee Williams. There are varying types of love and actions caused by love or lack thereof in these stories and plays, although each has its own significance. Although many may argue, the theme of love is still vastly…

Wednesday night showing of A Midsummer Night’s Dream in the Bellamy not knowing what to expect. I had never been to a Shakespeare production before, but I enjoyed the first production, A Streetcar Named Desire, so I had high expectations for A Midsummer Night’s Dream. I thought I would like A Streetcar Named Desire more since it was a realistic play and a little more relatable than fairies and spells, but I was completely wrong. Even though A Midsummer Night’s Dream was not relatable, I liked it…

3.3.5 TST Both Judge Brack and Stanley are very oppressive and antagonistic characters in their respective stories. Ibsen and Williams placed these characters in their stories for a very important reason nonetheless. In a Streetcar named desire, the character of Stanley assists in the audience’s ability to see the overall theme of the play: this being that one cannot use fantasy to cover up reality. Stanley helps to develop this theme because he is the “reality” that Blanche has to deal with…

back to the days of the Confederacy. Our data, therefore, do not reveal a decline of regional identity per se, as much as a decline of identification with the Old South”() In other words, this old south relic is unable to sustain herself in the midst of a New south environment. In Everything That Rises Must Converge, by Flannery O’Conner, O’Conner similarly portrays the conflict that arises when with contrasting ideas try to co-exist. Although O’Conner’s short story mainly focuses on…

Anger is an emotion characterized by grudge and animosity toward someone or something it is a reaction to a perceived threat to us or some part of our identity. It is like warning bell that tells us that something is wrong. As it known in abstract stories, myths, and religious beliefs reveal the role that anger has played in human affairs since the beginning of recorded history .anger movement also started with the American feminism and the connection between the women’s rights movement and…

The past is seen to haunt our everyday life. In theatre especially, ghosts serve to embody haunting memories and burdens of the characters. In craftful plays such as Hamlet by Shakespeare and A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams, ghosts symbolize an impediment on the development of the protagonists and the permanent presence of our history. Theatrical presentations on the oppressive effect of the past on the present, these plays portray two tragic heroes and their descent into their…

Gender roles are a thing of the past, present and future. They separate the specific duties in which a man and a woman can or can’t do. Today many of the traditional gender roles are non-existent, women are becoming incredibly independent in this generation compared to generations in the past. The role women were forced to play, and the feminist movement of the past, changed the way women live in this generation. Women are becoming the “breadwinners”. We often see single women taking on both…

Sexual desire is defined as “a motivational state and an interest in sexual objects or activities, or as a wish, need, or drive to seek out sexual objects or to engage in sexual activities”, and a theme which appears to be significant in Othello, A Streetcar Named Desire, and Enduring Love. In all three, sexual desire proves to contribute in both building solidarity within relationships, and the destruction of them. For Shakespeare, sexual desire shows how concealing physical feelings can lead…

life events in his works (Spoto, 171). Williams earned his fame by ‘The Glass Menagerie (1944)’, one of his well-received works. In this novel, he meticulously reflects on his personal gloom and sorrow. Similarly, all the characters of ‘A Streetcar Named Desire (1947)’, one his finest works, carry some of personal attributes and experiences of the author which makes him more sophisticated towards his literary output.…

what they are like. Interactions not only help but can also create conflict. In literature, writers use connections with different characters to show conflicting motivations and thus bringing out a theme. The characters in A Separate Peace, A Streetcar Named Desire, and The Metamorphosis show the effects of character interaction, bringing out significant themes. In the novel A Separate Peace by John Knowles, the two main characters Phineas (Finny) and Gene are best friends show the theme of…