Stanley Kowalski

Molly Fitzsimmons 
Ms. Bryan English 3 Gold 4 27 February 2017 I believe light is the biggest motif carried out through the play, A Streetcar Named Desire, written by Tennessee Williams. Lighting shows the theme of Illusion vs. Reality along with developing the main character Blanche. Blanche escapes reality by never showing her true self in the light. Blanche is not just hiding from the people and society, but from her own self. She covers up the truth with lies and exaggerations because…

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, Blanche meet Mitch. There was an immediate attraction between the two. Blanche does not want Stella to stay with someone that is abusive. Stanley overheard all of the bad things Blanche and they are now enemies. Stanley starts…

have a tarnished past. Blanche cannot fulfill that aspiration, though, for Stanley is always an obstacle in her attempts to forge a new path that she can travel on. As he has “something—ape-like about him” (83) and Blanche’s “uncertain manner…suggests a moth” (5), they are natural sworn enemies with warring desires. Blanche shies away from light as much as she can in order to seem demure and hide her reputation, but Stanley insists on people giving him unyielding truths and obsesses over the…

Williams continues this theme of mental entrapment with one of his later plays, A Streetcar Named Desire. In like manner to The Glass Menagerie’s Laura, Blanche DuBois remains a prisoner of her own mind as she too cannot let go of her haunting past. Towards the middle of the book, readers learn of the main experience that causes Blanche’s problems when interacting with men. Her ex-husband, Allan Gray, commits suicide after being called disgusting by Blanche as a result from seeing him with…

Williams is a play that displays the theme of “desire” in many scenes but not only in a sexual way. Desire is shown within the play through Stanley’s desire for power and control, Blanche’s desire for security and her desire to live in a fantasy world. Stanley portrays the alpha male where he shows dominance over other characters and takes…

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 continuously bickered throughout the play. In the play, Blanche is portrayed as an innocent, helpless women, and Stanley always trying to mess with her head.…

she lies to everyone and herself by telling Mitch she is a school teacher at Laurel High School even though she has lost her job. Lying allows Blanche to give the illusion of a normal and chaste past. However, her past mistakes come to light and Stanley exposes her as a liar, ruining her relationship with Mitch and leading to her destruction and descent into madness. Blanche lies to herself to avoid descending into depression and facing the consequences of her actions. She believes that…

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…

The Awakening by Kate Chopin Title The Awakening is related to Edna’s internal awakening that she has over the period of the book The Awakening was originally titled The Solitary Soul Setting New Orleans and The Grand Isle Genre Spiritual / artistic realization, romantic style Historical Information Kate Chopin 1850-1904 Father was Irish, Mother was French-American Bilingual- spoke both French and English Grew up in St.Louis Missouri Developed a passion for music at a young age Met and…

deceiving, and makes sexual comments to the men around her, and it eventually lead to her rape. Right before her rape, Blanche was talking about a fake man that she knew, and Stanley quickly figured out what was going on. Before she knew how to react she had began trying to get in touch with the man, but she was not having any luck. Stanley, Stella’s husband, was very drunk, and started yelling at Blanche. This then led to her rape, and her placement into the mental…