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2,152 wordsExam Question: ? How does Williams suggest that Blanche Dubois represents the faded grandeur of the American past? ? Explore the ways in which Williams presents conflict between the worlds of Blanche Dubois and Stanley Kowalski. There are a number of ways that Blanche seems to represent the faded grandeur of the American past. Perhaps the most obvious one is her difficulty fitting in with life in New Orleans. From the beginning we see Blanche does not fit in with the people of her new community,...
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3,572 wordsA fading Southern belle from an aristocratic background. She has just lost her ancestral home, Belle Reve, and her teaching position as a result of promiscuity. Blanche was described by Tennessee Williams as delicate and moth-like. She is a refined, sensitive, cultured, intelligent woman who is never willing to hurt someone. Blanche is at the mercy of the brutal, realistic world. The Destruction Of Blanche DuBois Tennessee Williams was once quoted as saying Symbols are nothing but the natural sp...
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2,648 wordsA Streetcar Named Desire Everything in his life is in his plays, and everything in his plays is in his life. (Elia Kazan). These are the Kazan's words that explains Williams and his works, because his family life and also all his works were full of tension and despair. For example his parents often argues terribly that frightened his older sister, Rose, so much that one evening she went running out of the house. His father, Cornelius, was a stern businessman who managed a shoe warehouse. Corneli...
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9,172 wordsA Streetcar Named Desire (1951) is a controversial film classic, adapted from Tennessee Williams Pulitzer Prize-winning play of 1947. This film masterpiece was directed by Elia Kazan (his first piece of work with Williams), a socially conscious director who insisted that the film be true to the play. The film challenged the Production Codes censors with its bold adult drama and sexual subjects (rape, domestic violence, homosexuality, and female promiscuity or nymphomania) it is the story of the ...
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