Desire

A Streetcar Named Desire is an allusion to the death of the “Old South.” Blanche DuBois, a woman raised on a southern plantation, creates this allusion. Blanche is the epitome of the Old South by being a school teacher, wanting to depend on a man, and trying to stay prim and proper all of the time. Her job as a school teacher puts her in the position of working with children, as seen in the Old South. She wants to depend on a man, like Mitch, because she believes he will take care of her.…

Both of these women are very strong characters. A Streetcar Named Desire is entirely focused on Blanche and her delusions. Towards the end of The Glass Menagerie, Amanda reverts back to being the most popular girl in Blue Mountain. She is also assuming that the gentleman caller will take on look at Laura and want to marry her, thus securing Amanda and Laura’s future. Both of these women characters are very strong. Since Williams’ sister Rose and mother were the only women with whom he had a…

“A Streetcar Named Desire” Personal Response As a young damsel in Belle Reve, I was frequently reminded of the old cliché to “never judge a book by its cover”. Perhaps this was an attempt to teach my younger self the importance of seeing the beauty in all things despite their external appearance, but nonetheless, the lectures of my youth were of no avail. I am a firm believer in the idea that the way one chooses to display oneself to the world has a direct effect on how one is perceived by…

One theme that constantly appears in A Streetcar Named Desire is a contrast between the reality and fantasy of love. This dichotomy is represented by Blanche and her grasp on life. Blanche attempts to supplement the hard times in her life by creating fantasies where everything is going her way. While playing cards with Stanley, she states, “I know I fib a good deal. After all, a woman's charm is fifty percent illusion” (WIlliams 36), proving that she likes to fabricate the world around her. When…

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…

In A Street Car Named Desire, Blanch, who is one of the main characters, is changed by the many things that happen to her while visiting her sister and brother-in-law in New Orleans. Such as the things she uses as coping mechanisms to keep her mind off things which some to not seem normal to some people. Also not being able to understand changes or things she is not used to and lastly, the here and there confessions of things that have happened in her past. While Blanch is there she really tests…

In many ways, the past has an important effect on the present. In a Streetcar Named Desire, the story depicts the story of a woman coming to live with her sister and her husband. Within the story, the past lurks throughout the story, haunting the character’s present. Blanche is a mentally unstable woman who was forced to flee her home when all her relatives passed away. Stella reluctantly allows Blanche to live with them, and during the course of her stay, Blanche brings the past into their home…

A Streetcar Named Desire starts with Blanche arriving at her sisters, Stella’s apartment in New Orleans. She had arrived with all her belongs and some bad news. She had lost the Belle Reve, which was their families’ mansion. When Stanley and Blanche meet, it’s an automatic unsettling relationship between the two. Stanley thinks that she cheated Stella with the share of Bella Reve. Their relationship gets worse when Stanley gets too drunk while playing poker and beats Stella. This same night,…

Then did you create Blanche’s character base on your belief that people sometimes do the wrong thing not buy chose, but by necessity or certain still-uncomprehended influences in themself and their circumstances. Yes. I created Blanche as a focus point in the book where event revolve her and are affected by which path she decide to walk down when faced with a situation. As we know Blanche's past is a major factor that affect her decisions. She believes that there was no other choice but hide…

The play, "A Streetcar Named Desire" by Tennessee Williams, takes place in New Orleans around the nineteen-forties at the home of Stella Kowalski and her husband, Stanley Kowalski. Stella and Stanly live a very simple life in New Orleans. They have a very codependent and unhealthy marriage. Blanche Dubois arrives at her sister Stella 's apartment and comes off as being slightly judgmental at first. Stanley takes an instant dislike to Blanche and feels threatened by her because she really…