Named Desire can be efficiently compared based on their characters, settings, multiple themes , and many more common aspects. Along with differences there are great amounts of similarities that relate the plays each other. The settings of the plays assist in distributing demographic norms and significance in each play which lead them to be both compared and contrasted to one another. A suburban, poverty stricken neighborhood in New Orleans, Louisiana is the setting for A Streetcar Named Desire…
Although Stanley has idealism in the relationship between genders; he also has the high expectation to maintain his manhood power in the friendship. When he go out with his friend or play poker, he is longing to be in the center of group, which make him to feel that he is superior to the others. However, Blanche attempted to steal attention from him and her destruction turned into a big threat to Stanly. After Blanche and Stella came home, Blanche purposely turn the light on and start getting…
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…
When reading the play, A Streetcar named Desire, written by Tennessee Williams, and when watching the film directed by Elia Kazan, there seemed to be differences between the two. This story follows a 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…
always perceived as mildly insane. He was able to know and understand things that he shouldn’t know. In “A Streetcar Named Desire,” by Tennessee Williams, Stella’s sister Blanche lied throughout the play in order to change the way she was perceived. She was also unable to keep her secrets and painful memories which led to her insanity. In As I Lay Dying and “A Streetcar Named Desire,” both Darl and Blanche’s levels of sanity decreased when they lost support from their family. Darl showed signs…
Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire portrays the story of the tragedies of a family, with the main character being Blanche DuBois and her life after losing her family home. Williams not only does a great job at depicting the feelings that Blanche is feeling during this time, but he’s able to also portray the lives of the people in Blanche’s life. Blanche is from Laurel, Mississippi, but after losing her family home she leaves Mississippi and moves to New Orleans to live with her sister…
“They told me to take a street-car named Desire, and then transfer to one called Cemeteries and ride six blocks and get off at-Elysian Fields” (Williams 95). In Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire Blanche Dubois’ doom is hinted in the first scene when she asks if she has arrived at Elysian Fields. It is very clear that her desires are associated with sex and alcohol, however, it is questionable if the Cemeteries was the death of her relatives in Belle Reve or her own demise, and if her…
1. In terms of casting for Stella Kowalski, the actress would have to be young and gentle looking. She would also most likely be of average beauty. In the play Stella is described as, “…a gentle young woman, about twenty-five, and of a background obviously quite different from her husband” (1778). This meaning that her husband is rough looking while Stella is delicate and small. Another example of Stella being slightly delicate is how Blanche refers to her. Blanche calls her a “precious lamb”…
In the plays, 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…
The play “A Streetcar Named Desire” by Tennessee Williams proposes a confusing moral puzzle to its audience. The audience harbors extremely polar views for Blanche’s role, which array from praising her even though she is a fallen southern belle to damning her a mentally unstable prostitute. Most interpret Blanche’s downward spiral as a demonstration of sympathy from Williams due to her circumstances and disapproval of the society. Williams’ play demonstrates how all these circumstances destroy…