ENCW 205 Fall 2021
Posted in A Streetcar Named Desire on Oct 29th, 2021
Throughout A Streetcar Named Desire, themes of escape and the struggle between fantasy and reality are explored through several unique and artistic ways. Blanche, the protagonist, constantly tries to escape themes of death which seem to follow her everywhere regardless. She tries to escape the reality of her life-changing by lying to herself and those […]
Posted in A Streetcar Named Desire on Oct 12th, 2021
Throughout the play, Blanche uses ideas of sexuality and beauty to try to escape the inevitability of death and in trying to escape it, the themes haunt her throughout. It appears that she believes loss of beauty through age is directly correlated to her desirability especially that of men younger than her. Yet she attributes […]
Posted in A Streetcar Named Desire on Oct 7th, 2021
Stanley is a drunk, stubborn, violent misogynist and a symbol of brute power because he can shape the world around him. Tennessee Williams describes how “animal joy in his being is implicit in all his movements and attitudes” (24). He is often boisterous, and his word is the final word. His personality is vividly colored, […]
Posted in A Streetcar Named Desire on Oct 3rd, 2021
Up until the literal ending itself, both versions of A Streetcar Named Desire, the script and the movie adaptation, generally stay pretty similar. In the script, there’s a few additive mentions such as the specific notes about how Mitch was supposed to sit with him looking dazed and “dissolved into space,” and how “There is […]
Posted in A Streetcar Named Desire on Oct 3rd, 2021
In A Streetcar Named Desire, Blanche’s view of the world is complex and hard to completely unwrap. This is due to how she presents herself differently than how she really wants to think and act. Like in The Awakening, Blanche understands that the society she lives in has certain rules for her behavior. Her reputation […]
Posted in A Streetcar Named Desire on Oct 1st, 2021
[posted on behalf of a student] In A Streetcar Named Desire, Blanche DuBois deals with mental illness. The reader is not told exactly what mental illness(es) she has, but the reader can guess at a few that she may have. The only one the reader is told about is anxiety. As Blanche tells Stanley, “I […]
Posted in A Streetcar Named Desire on Sep 30th, 2021
The play A Streetcar Named Desire thrusts the audience into a dynamic of individuals between one who wears a mask versus one who doesn’t. Stanley feels the need to constantly try to call out Blanche for being a con artist; however, the underlying story is just a balance of dominance. The audience is made aware […]
Posted in A Streetcar Named Desire on Sep 30th, 2021
Disclaimer: This post goes into the following subjects: Abuse, Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), rape, substance abuse, and suicide. If these topics make you uncomfortable, please do not read this, as your mental health is far more important than you reacting to this blog post. Also, let me stress that I […]
Posted in A Streetcar Named Desire on Sep 30th, 2021
The main plot to Tennesee Williams’ play A Streetcar Named Desire follows a young couple living in New Orleans as the wife, Stella’s, glamorous and erratic sister stays with them. Blanche, the visiting sister, is initially perceived as flighty and snobby. However, once she reveals more of herself ,we see that her vanity is a show to […]
Posted in A Streetcar Named Desire on Sep 28th, 2021
A Streetcar Named Desire started off benignly. Blanche, whom we later find out is Stella’s sister, tries to get off the streetcar to find her sister, Stella’s, place. What she ends up finding shocks her and changes her life forever. I will mostly talk about the role Stanley’s abusive behavior defines this story. Stanley’s true […]
Posted in A Streetcar Named Desire on Sep 28th, 2021
The play A Streetcar Named Desire takes place in New Orleans, following Stanley, his wife Stella, and his sister-in-law, Blanche. While several conflict points appear throughout the story, they all seemed to revolve around the character Blanche. This character on the basic level is very selfish. Her drive is to get what she wants, which, often times, […]
Posted in A Streetcar Named Desire on Sep 28th, 2021
At first, Blanche seems crude and mean as she is treating her sister, Stella, horridly. As the story progresses she becomes more bearable, but the readers start to understand Blanche is traumatized. Though this does not justify her behavior, it is good to note in understanding her. Stella talks about how badly Blanche was treated […]
Posted in A Streetcar Named Desire on Sep 28th, 2021
The first scene does a lot to establish the way that appearances, money, and status are important elements to the characters throughout the play. The most obvious example is Blanche, but Stella had her moments as well. From the first introduction of Stella in A Streetcar Named Desire, it says that “[Stella comes out on the […]
Posted in A Streetcar Named Desire, Uncategorized on Sep 28th, 2021
The themes of desire and violence are not only prevalent throughout Tennessee Williams’s play, A Streetcar Named Desire but they are intertwined in a way that foreshadows the events that we see in the last few scenes of the play. These two themes come together in the first Scene when Blanche DuBois is explaining the […]
Posted in A Streetcar Named Desire on Sep 27th, 2021
The roles of fantasy and reality play important roles in Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire. Both Blanche and her younger sister Stella have constructed fantasies to escape the harsh reality of their lives. Blanche is living with the guilt of her husband’s suicide and all the other things she’s done wrong. She is attempting to […]