Astrophel and Stella

to America, she decided to leave The Group Theater. She left because she believed that Lee Strasberg overemphasized emotional memory, they did not cast enough female roles, and some of the members were suspiciously communistic. In 1949 founded the Stella Adler Theatre Studio, It wasn't long until the school lured its most famous student, a young actor named Marlon Brando. Along with Brando, Judy Garland and Dolores Del Rio were notable among her early students. Later students included Robert De…

Reality vs. Dreams: In Death of a Salesman and A Streetcar Named Desire, both Willy and Blanche trap themselves in their dreams, when in reality, both of their situations are the antithesis of their fantasies. Both of these plays take place in the late 1940’s, after World War II. The time after World War II signifies the start of a new period of American culture comprised of new found wealth and hope. This is called the American Dream. Both Willy and Blanche trap themselves inside this desire…

Named Desire, who put a weight on the back of gender roles. Women stayed at home while the men worked, that was the norm of early 20th century society. However, female subordination and male domination is not portrayed in both plays. Stan worked as Stella stayed home and tended to the house . Linda tended to the house as well while Willy was gone, but physical abuse towards the female spouse did not occur in Death of a Salesman as it did in A Streetcar Named Desire. As the readers examined both…

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 there relationship, but in…

A Streetcar Named Desire and The House of Bernarda Alba, gender roles are discussed often. In A Streetcar Named Desire, Blanche, Stella, and Stanley display the exaggeration of gender roles in order to criticize them. Blanche’s character is so over the top that her display of gender roles makes the audience question the necessity of the gender roles in place. Stella and Stanley are near perfect models of gender norms and the extreme nature of their problems displays clear reasons for why the…

Stanislavski did not want his students to forget the audience, he just wanted them to have the appropriate awareness while on stage. He wanted the audience to still be aware of them as the audience plays a huge part in theatre. I think his idea of concentrating on something on stage, to keep the focus off the audience, is a good idea. He thought if his actors observed the object intensively enough, a desire would arise in them, to do something with it. Although, the actors lost basic faculties…

This is displayed to full effect when Stella attempts to question Blanche on the subject of the loss of Belle Reve. She reminds her that "I took the blows to my face and body," suggesting she endured greater pain than Stella did and further tells her "you didn't dream, but I saw," clearly implying that her suffering has been beyond anything Stella can imagine. While we are told in scene three that "all but Stella and I [Blanche]" are now dead in the DuBois family, and thus…

the need to always have on expensive perfume and fur sweaters. Her biggest fear is to live somewhere like Stella is living, which is why she wants to marry a wealthy man. Blanche is very prejudice about those who are not as rich as she is or used to be. She pretends that she is still rich, and the fact that she in not scares her. The way she deceives the ones who love her the most, like Stella, shows that she is heartless. Blanche does not want to except her kismet, which is probably back to…

A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams is a play about a former high school teacher, Blanche Dubois, who moved in with her sister and husband, Stella and Stanley. Blanche Dubois has been through many difficulties in order to fulfill the emptiness that is within her. Her young husband, Allen Gray committed suicide, she lost Belle Reve, and she lost her stature in Laurel. The driving force behind these actions were the empowerment of her desires. Williams uses allusions to develop the…

in the play even found violence as a positive way in his relationship with Stella. Furthermore, it displays how dominant men is over women. The play effective shows domestic violence since most of the violence is at home and between spouses showing that husbands are more powerful than their wife if they intend to be. Firstly, between the relationship of Stanley and Stella the play shows how dominant Stanley is to Stella. “He heaves the package [the meat] at her. She cries out in protest but…