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    Without delay‚ the subject of alcohol in Tennessee Williams’s A Streetcar Named Desire he illustrated this subject as refreshment‚ maintaining fictional reality and leading one onto the part of self-destruction. Stella sees alcohol mostly for a positive escape and as refreshment and to make a gathering and conversation more socially acquainted. “Blanche you sit down let me pour the drinks” (Williams 7) On the other hand‚ there is Blanche who perceives alcohol only as an escape from reality into her

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    Power for women in America in the 1950s was a different for women than in present day. The plays Fences by August Wilson and A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams‚ examines two different women from different social classes and races. Despite these women having vastly different pasts‚ there are some similarities in the role they play in their families and marriages and the way their power is important to the storylines of the two plays in relation to the other characters. Stella and Rose

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    A Streetcar Named Desire Blanche and Stanley‚ two characters of Tenessee Williams’ play A Streetcar Named Desire‚ represent two very conflicting personalities. Stanley‚ Blanche’s sister Stella’s aggressive husband‚ portrays strong tones of anger‚ rage‚ and frustration. However‚ although his behavior is without a doubt over-bearing and rough‚ in a way he displays realism and truth as well. On the other hand‚ the play’s true protagonist Blanche exerts enthusiasm‚ spunk‚ and elaborate nostalgia. These

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    Streetcar Named Desire Essay In A Streetcar Named Desire‚ written by Tennessee Williams‚ Blanche DuBois‚ a seemingly extravagant and sensual woman‚ visits her sister and brother-in-law after losing her family fortune and estate‚ only to find despair‚ heartbreak‚ and violence. She hoped to start a new life‚ one in which she could have found a wealthy gentleman to marry and live happily with. Blanche instead finds herself as a heartbroken‚ penniless victim of rape. She struggles to stay strong‚ to

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    Summary: An analysis of some of the many symbols found in "A Streetcar Named Desire" by Tennessee Williams‚ with the help of psychoanalytical theory. Williams’ expert use of these symbols helped him to convey the meaning of many characteristics of the protagonists in the play. It is very debatable nowadays how much psychology can influence an author or how much the author’s psychological features can influence his work. The creation of a character demands different kinds of information and the

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    After watching the 1951 film of A Streetcar Named Desire the scene began with a lady named Blanche DuBois who gets on a train and ends up at a location she is not familiar with asking for help to where her sister lives. Watching the film‚ I notice that when Blanche DuBois arrives it is dark and not that many people are outside besides two ladies who help her in telling Blanche DuBois where her sister is. Blanche DuBois walks around the streets in very nice clothing‚ talks and gives off gestures that

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    Reader Response- “Streetcar Named Desire” Stella Kowalski is one of the main characters in the Tennessee William’s‚ “ A Streetcar Named Desire”. She is presented as a woman who has an older sister Blanch and a husband named Stanley. She is often overlooked in the play because of her husband Stanley and her sister Blanche are much more dynamic. However‚ Stella plays an important role that without her‚ Stanley and Blanche who are considered‚ as two major characters of the play throughout the story

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    To what extent do the Kowalskis and the DuBois represent a clash of cultures in “A Streetcar Named Desire”? “I am not a Polack. People from Poland are Poles‚ not Polacks. But what I am is a one hundred per cent American‚ born and raised in the greatest country on earth and proud as hell of it‚ so don’t ever call me a Polack.” - Stanley Kowalski In “A Streetcar Named Desire” the clash of cultures between Stanley Kowalski and the two DuBois sisters‚ Stella and Blanche‚ becomes

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    The Amazing Dichotomies of "A Streetcar Named Desire" Light and dark‚ kindness and cruelty‚ realism and fantasy‚ all of them dichotomies used by Tennessee Williams in A Streetcar Named Desire. Tennessee Williams uses many dichotomies‚ clear cut divisions‚ to illustrate main points. The most prominent dichotomy is the sweet and fragile Blanche opposed to the cruel and savage Stanley. The play also highlights other dichotomies such as strong and delicate‚ hidden and open‚ and purity and filth. Basically

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    Stella was outside‚ so Stanley started questioning Blanche. She insisted that she had nothing to hide from him and let him go through all historical papers from Belle Reve‚ the plantation. While living with Stella and Stanley‚ Blanche had met a man named Mitch‚ who she started dating. She liked him a lot but she hid many things from him. Firstly‚ she hid secrets of her first lover‚ her husband Allan Grey. Every time she thought of him‚ she thought of how he killed himself and she heard the polka which

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