Blanche Stuart Scott

I aim to create a historically accurate stage play telling the stories of women and African Americans living in early twentieth century New Orleans. During this time a civil war raged throughout New Orleans as vice laws attempted to contain the city’s underworld activities to a single red light district known as Storyville. With the growing number of Jim Crow laws and with the women’s suffrage movement in full effect the city’s moral reformers attempted to repress the rights of African Americans…

Throughout the play, we see the contrast between Blanche’s desire to live in her fantasy world and her reality. In scene nine of the play Blanche states, “I don’t want realism. I want magic! (Mitch laughs) Yes, yes, magic! I try to give that to people. I misrepresent things to them. I don’t tell the truth, I tell what ought to be truth” (Williams, 145). In this quote, Blanche’s desire for her…

attachment toward Blanche can be justified by the treatment Blanche receives in the play. Many readers and viewers sympathize more with her because she is a woman. Any harsh treatment of a woman cannot be justified as being something that she deserves spites their past. The harsh treatment for Blanche would be the betrayal of her sister’s husband trust, and him violently forcing himself onto her. Blanche is looking for love and wanting someone to love her since losing her husband. Blanche…

middle-aged woman by the name of Blanche, played by Vivien Leigh in the film, who has lost all of her family’s fortune and moves in with her sister Stella, played by Kim Hunter. Stella’s husband, Stanley, played by Marlon Brando, is not too fond of Blanche and throughout the plot, he and Blanche argue constantly. The main difference in the movie when contrasting with the play was in regards to Blanche and Stanley’s relationship being portrayed differently in the film. Blanche and Stanley…

temptations can cause old mistakes to reemerge. After Ms. Blanche DuBois journeys her pilgrimage from the lost Belle Reve plantation to the raffish Quarter in New Orleans, she endeavors to start fresh in a place away from home. Through Blanche 's many failed attempts to wash away her soiled past, Tennessee Williams suggests that a person can never have a completely new start in life. Throughout Williams ' play A Streetcar Named Desire, Blanche is constantly bathing and obsessing over…

Sia’s song, ‘Chandelier’ is about the pain and emptiness she felt during a time in her life when she had an alcohol and drug addiction and her struggle to overcome this. This is an important topic to bring up as it was such a huge part of her life and is currently a huge part in our society and culture in New Zealand. Throughout the chorus Sia talks about ‘swinging from a chandelier’ which can be a metaphor for having a wild party and to ‘live like tomorrow doesn't exist’ by drinking and…

Blanche Dubois vs. Stella Kowalski A Streetcar Named Desire is an old American play that was published in 1947. It was written by an intelligent American playwright named Tennessee Williams. He is a well-respected writer, who wrote this play by using lyrical language. He uses this technique to carefully structure his characters’ emotions and actions. Most of his characters are realistic because of their way of thinking, lifestyle, and values. Two main characters that play a major part in A…

Kowalski and Blanche DuBois, are inferior to Stanley Kowalski…

Sweet Home Alabama is a romantic comedy that involves a southern girl raised in Alabama who became a big shot in New York City. She is forced to revisit her past to obtain a divorce from her husband after being separated for seven years. This film involves three main characters; Melanie, Jake, and Andrew. Melanie and Jake were high school sweethearts who got married but eventually separated due to Melanie furthering her career as a fashion designer in New York. There she met Andrew Hennings…

Betrayal can be betraying one’s country, a group, or a person, treachery. In this case, my teacher Mrs. Morgan was betrayed by her fellow friend and boyfriend. When Mrs. Morgan was a sophomore in high school, she walked in on her boyfriend and friend kissing. Betrayal can change so much and nothing will be the same. Mrs. Morgan lost trust in her friend Kim, even though her friend Kim tried so hard to regain trust. This shows betrayal by her boyfriend cheating on Mrs. Morgan and her best friend…