Blanche Stuart Scott

The rape of Blanche, for example, posed a challenge for Kazan; this was due to The Motion Picture Industry Code, The Legion of Decency, and the producers. The explicit mention of Blanche’s husband’s homosexuality in the play was changed to an implied meaning; as homosexuality, prostitution and no unpunished crimes were prohibited by the censorship laws of the time. Relating to this, Stanley feels a loss of power in his own home due to the arrival of Blanche and her interference with…

Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a delusion, Blanche escapes from reality. Which is Blanche’s main problem because, life is not a fantasy. As seen in the play, A Streetcar Named Desire, by Tennessee Williams. Blanche has come to stay with her sister, Stella, and her brother-in-law, Stanley Kowalski in New Orleans after a tragic experience. She comes to Stella in hope of finding help after the death of her husband, Allen Grey. While visiting Stella she, meets Mitch, a man…

In act four, scene one of Shakespeare’s Richard II, Richard’s lengthy monologues as Henry Bolingbroke attempts to get him to revoke the thrown serve as a metaphor for the entire play. Lines 194 to 214, specifically, after Bolingbroke asks King Richard if he is “contented to resign the crown?” capture the complicated the relationship between the two men and the crown (4.1.193). Richard’s willingness to step down from the thrown is debatable through his reaction to Bolingbroke’s question.…

A Streetcar Named Desire, written by Tennessee Williams, tells the story of Stella and Stanley Kowalski and the dramatic turmoil that overtakes their relationship upon the arrival of Stella’s sister Blanche DuBois. In the first half of the play, Williams introduces both the setting and the primary characters almost immediately using vivid imagery, appealing to both the visual and olfactory senses of his readers; “"You can almost feel the warm breath of the brown river beyond the river…

I cannot choose one side or the other. In one way I sympathize because Blanche DuBois is quite the tragic figure. She seems confused and lost and lashes out in sexual ways. Perhaps the death of her husband and the circumstances surrounding him drove her mad? If that wasn’t enough then maybe the death of the rest of her relatives at Belle Reve did her in? Regardless it makes you want to have sympathy for her even though she is the protagonist in the story. She lies so much it is as though she…

fear of reality. In A Streetcar Named Desire, “delicate beauty” (1. 5) Blanche DuBois uses darkness as a method of illusion to hide her true mentally unstable nature. Just before this scene begins, Harold Mitchell, Blanche’s beau, has humiliated her by refusing to attend her party held at Stanley and Stella’s home. Suddenly, Mitch appears at the door and Mitch confronts…

abusive tendencies and seek a new life with her sister, Blanche. Blanche enjoys taking baths as often as she can in order to wash away her past and forget about it. In scene seven, Stanley reveals that Blanche has a long history of male lovers after the death of her husband. While Stanley is explaining…

all individuals experience trials that prohibit them from moving forward, Stella’s marriage becomes a trial that not only prevents her from moving forward but drags her backward, erasing the individuality she once achieved. Although Stella’s sister Blanche, views her reliance on her husband as weak, and looks down upon Stella for the life she now leads, it is easy to take note of how Stella remains inhibited by her husband, neglecting to remember that Stella paved the way for her own sister to…

Desire Blinds “A Street Car Named Desire” Written by Tennessee Williams, invokes many contrasting emotions within the main character Blanche Dubois, which leads to defense mechanisms that portray her character in a delusional way since she was influenced by society Blanche mixed her own motives and emotions creating a double personality between two worlds: one that has left her shame and deep scars from a past that chases after her constantly; and the one she wishes to create in order for her to…

responds with “When I’m losing you want to eat! Ante up,” this shows his macho man side doesn’t like to lose at and would prefer that everyone complies to him and his needs making him the alpha (Tennessee 45). Later in the scene Stanley gets angry at Blanche and throws the radio which Stella starts to call him a “drunk animal” (Tennessee 57). He then quickly strikes her and gets pinned by the other men. Mitch orders the men to throw him in the shower, and as how Darwick says we see some of the…