Category: A Streetcar Named Desire

For decades, the topic regarding mental health has been looked down upon, with many considering it as a taboo that should not be discussed or mentioned. But as more awareness is raised, society becomes increasingly aware of those in distress, encouraging many worldwide to end the stigma and discrimination that still lingers today. In the…

The mid-twentieth century was a period of extraordinary social change. The two world wars had placed power into the marginalized groups, and for a brief timespan the perceived leverage between the sexual orientations had shifted. However by the 1950s, men had taken back the advantage. It was into this setting Tennessee Williams brought his dynamic…

In both A Streetcar Named Desire and The Catcher in the Rye, the characters existence is influenced by the idea of the American dream. An idea that was seen by capitalist America was that you must ruthlessly work to achieve your highest aspirations, and could be recognized by others through wealth and social class. With…

The word symbol, derived from the Greek verb symballein, to throw together, is an animate or inanimate object that represents or stands for something else.1 They use a concrete image to express implicit ideas or emotions, to be interpreted by the reader. In the 20th Century, for instance, the United States used Uncle Sam as…

A Streetcar Named Desire written By Tennessee Williams in 1947. In A Streetcar named Desire Williams uses a range of drama devices to present Blanches deterioration mind. Drama devices are techniques used by playwrights to substitute for the reality presented to the audience through performance, and give the audience information they could not get from…

The notion of gender is fundamental to both the texts of A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams and A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini. They each centralise female characters who face oppression at the hands of their superior male counterparts as well as the pressures of surrounding society. Despite certain similarities, the unique…

Subsequent to the great depression, Americas economy quickly collapsed and many lives were taken during the time. This led to many individuals being left homeless with little to no money on hand. Today the great depression is remembered as a big mistake and downfall of America which claimed many lives. Many authors have portrayed the…

In the play A Streetcar Named Desire, written by Tennesee Williams, the erratic protagonist Blanche embodies the cultivated ideals of the old world, juxtaposing the character of Stanley whom represents the industrialised new world which fundamentally comprises of patriarchal motivations and post-war values. Throughout the play, Blanche is invariably threatened and exploited by Stanley, consequently…

Analytical Essay Look closely at Blanches monologue in Scene One on page 12 from A Streetcar Named Desire, starting with I, I took the blows in my face and my body! until the end of the scene. Discuss in detail the way in which Tennessee Williams presents Blanche in this extract, considering how it reflects…

In a society where sex is consistently consumed in our daily media, its hard to conceptualize a time period when sex was a taboo conversation spoken only behind closed doors. From the late 1800s until the mid-1900s, sexual promiscuity was a subject not often spoken aloud. It was considered dirty and perverse to speak of…