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tries to show off her ethnic origin by telling Mitch that, “[Dubois] is French. It means woods… .” (Williams 59) Blanche also starts to criticize her sister for settling for less with Stanley and calls him “Polack” to make lesser of him even though Stella is completely content with her…

slips into the story, that Stella was the one who took the leap of faith and left her family and their estate, blossoming into her own woman. Just as all individuals experience trials that prohibit them from moving forward, Stella’s marriage becomes a trial that not only prevents her from moving forward but drags her backward, erasing the individuality she once achieved. Although Stella’s sister Blanche, views her reliance on her husband as weak, and looks down upon Stella for the life she now…

After a date, Mitch says to Blanche, “You need somebody. And I need somebody, too. Could it be-you and me, Blanche?” (116). If Blanche were to have married Mitch she could have moved out of Stella and Stanley’s flat and the tension between her and Stanley would dissipate naturally from lack of contact. But if Stella were to marry Mitch she would have to resign herself down to a lower class lifestyle and she is unable to able to do that with her expectations of what society owes her for being…

character which consists of stark contraries. She is dreamy and refined, educated and naive, childish and calculating, self-confident and shy, or angelic pure and immoral at the same time (Poppe 60). She grows up in a sheltered atmosphere with her sister, Stella, at the plantation Belle Reve. The name "Belle Reve" means "beautiful dream" in French and represented a wealthy and beautiful manor at that time. With the loss of the manor, Blanche escapes real life by fleeing into her illusions which…

trustworthiness and falsehoods. However, sexuality, brutality, and social contrasts likewise shape the activity of the plot, in which they add to the impact of the characters of the play. The three main characters, Stanley Kowalski, Blanche Dubois, and Stella Kowalski, have diverse methods for managing the conflicts in their brutal surroundings in which they live in, as they all face distinctive crisis. This…

photograph of the actor playing Stanley, whose face I could not see from my seat. At the Writers’ Theatre production, the actor playing Stanley, Matt Hawkins, was never out of sight and always right there in front of my face. When he was fighting with Stella, Blanche, and Mitch, I feared he would turn at any moment and start a fight with me. And why not, since I was essentially sitting in his…

visits her sister, Stella, and her husband, Stanley, out in New Orleans to escape from her life in Mississippi. During her stay we find that Stella and Stanley do not have a very healthy relationship. We also find that Blanche is not well and she had not made the best of choices in her past. This story focuses on the characters Stella and Blanche, sisters who grew up on the Belle Reve estate in Mississippi, Stanley, Stella’s violent and unrefined husband, and several of Stella and Stanley’s…

aspect of her life. It is inescapable. In A Streetcar Named Desire, playwright Tennessee Williams gradually reveals Blanche’s intense disillusionment with the aid of stylistic elements. Although her situation significantly contrasts the extent to which Stella and Stanley view reality, all three share an underlying similarity of attempting to avoid it. Williams uses the recurring theme of illusion versus reality in order to further portray the imperfection of his play’s characters. Blanche’s…

for drama in 1948, is a tragic story about a woman named Blanche DuBois, an aging woman who clings on to delusions of reality in order to maintain her sense of self-worth (Newlin 140). Blanche goes to live with her sister and her sister’s husband, Stella and Stanley Kowalski, where she upsets their relationship and violently clashes with Stanley, due to their inherent differences (Williams). Environmental…

Blanche Dubois and Stella Kowalski, whom are sisters. Blanche is older than Stella, but refers to Stella has her older sister, because Blanche is obsessed with the idea of staying young. Although, the sisters had grew up in the same household together, their personalities differ completely from each other. Blanche is romantic, and idealistic. Stella is simple, humble, and realistic. Their personality differences is the reason the two had very different lives. Blanche and Stella both grew up…