illnesses, particularly the main character of the play, Blanche DuBois. Signs of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) are shown in her character and are significantly shown throughout the play as her character suffers many hardships. Blanche obviously wasn’t well and there were many reasons why she wasn’t. Blanche shows a lot of signs of having PTSD throughout the play. Blanche went through…
live with people who were in a lower class than they were. The aristocratic societies were also shunned for being ignorant. Williams has introduced and portrayed the aristocratic women who are, Blanche and Stella in this play, to hold very distinct characteristics that truly encapsulates their society. Blanche and Stella are sisters who have grown up in an aristocratic background, however after some mishaps in the family, the younger of the two, Stella left their hometown of Belle Reve. The play…
watch as Blanche Dubois, the protagonist of the play, spirals downward into a deep darkness due to the haunting memories that she has of her past and through the painful events that…
Gatsby, main character Jay Gatsby is an extravagant, rich man who works hard for his fortunes and lives in a mansion located in West Egg. In A Streetcar Named Desire, Blanche Dubois comes from wealth and acts very prim and proper to deflect from the misfortunes her life entails. Jay Gatsby is the architect of his life, but Blanche Dubois is destroyed by the world in which she lives in. She is more sinned against than sinned. Jay Gatsby leads himself to his main tragedy when he purposely moves in…
A Streetcar Named Desire is play written by Tennessee Williams in 1947s. The play is mainly about Blanche Dubois. She traveled from New Orleans to a place called Elysian Field to see her sister Stella. Her sister Stella is married to Stanley Kowalski; they live in an apartment building. Blanche came to see her sister because she has nowhere else to go. Her husband passed away, and she also lost her parents, employment, and her old family home, Bella Reve. Stella is her only remaining family…
characters of the play like Stanley, Blanche, Stella, and Mitch build's up to the aspect of feminism as we read on, which show the readers the way men are treating the women during the time period in which it is written. Although the…
was playing with his friends, which is symbolic for how Stanley is now the master in his own house. The symbolism for his rule over the household is supported by the events earlier in the play when Stanley was losing the poker game at the same time Blanche was first present in their house; now that she is leaving it, he is wining the poker game. Blanche’s presence in their household caused Stanley to feel threatened and not in control because she knew things Stanley did not, so now that she was…
Desire is Blanche DuBois. Now since you already know about her let me just get to the point, what are her most distinctive traits? I believe that she…
evident towards women who engaged in sexual relations outside of marriage. The negative attitudes towards characters such as Geoffrey and Helen from A Taste of Honey, and Blanche and Alan from A Streetcar Named Desire show how they are often victimised because of their sexuality. Sexual promiscuity is a character trait found in both Blanche and Helen, and they gain negative reputations due to the way Williams and Delaney present them. During Scene Seven…
Playwright Tennessee Williams was been on March 26, 1911, in Columbus, Mississippi. After college, he moved to New Orleans, a city that would inspire much of his writings. Williams was predominantly raised by his mother and had a complicated relationship with his father a demanding salesman who preferred work instead of parenting. Williams’s childhood home was very tense which in turn gave him inspiration for his works. “I was not aware of how much vital energy had gone into struggle until the…