Viewing of A Streetcar Named Desire Although the basic story line is the same in both the book and the live play of A streetcar Named Desire, some things were different. ... For the most part, reading A Streetcar Named Desire was very similar to the live performance. ...
The play "A Streetcar Named Desire" by Tennessee Williams, focuses on a very vain woman named Blanche. ... She takes the streetcar named "Desire" to her destination. ... "They told me to take a streetcar named Desire" (Williams 6). The symbolic meaning of the streetcar actually named "Desire" that she took to Stella's was because she was put in that position for a reason because of her sexual desire that made her hit rock bottom, leave town and have the poor reputation that everyone comes to find out about. Her desire drove her to her sisters which then drov...
The characters make A Streetcar Named Desire an undeniable landmark in both American literature and film. ... By being associated with a streetcar, desire is taken off its pedestal (where people crave it and submit to its demands) and is placed with an unfortunate vulgarity of the world. ... The streetcar ravaged the family, but in the end the ridding of Blanche brought an equilibrium back that had been disrupted for those months. ... Blanche: What you are talking about is brutal desire-just- Desire! - the name of that rattle-trap street-car that bangs through the Quarter, up one old na...
The characters make A Streetcar Named Desire an undeniable landmark in both American literature and film. ... By being associated with a streetcar, desire is taken off its pedestal (where people crave it and submit to its demands) and is placed with an unfortunate vulgarity of the world. ... The streetcar ravaged the family, but in the end the ridding of Blanche brought an equilibrium back that had been disrupted for those months. ... Blanche: What you are talking about is brutal desire-just- Desire! - the name of that rattle-trap street-car that bangs through the Quarter, up one old na...
A Streetcar Named Desire - Complexity of the Characters It is the complexity of the main characters and their interactions that make A Streetcar Named Desire such a successful and challenging play. The play A Streetcar Named Desire made playwright Tennessee William's name and has deservedly since had over half a century of success. ... As the name suggests Stella and Blanche's time at "Belle Reve" was near perfect. ... A Streetcar Named Desire would hardly have a story if the characters weren't so complex and didn't interact with each other in the way in which they do....
In A Streetcar Named Desire, except for Blanche, Stanley, Stella and Mitch, all others could be classified as minor characters. ... This essay attempts to compare and contrast the presentation and function of minor characters in A Streetcar Named Desire. ... Her desire to battle this savage world with her civilised' values ultimately leads to her destruction. ... Blanche's flirtation with the young man indicates her desire to live the past and her inability to overcome reality. ... The importance of minor characters in A Streetcar Named Desire is unquestionable. ...
The book Streetcar Named Desire was an ok book. I like the play a lot better than the book and the movie a lot better than the play. The play and the movie had a couple of differencs. Like the fact that in the movie they weren't live but at the play it was. Also in the play it was hard to understand...
I recently stumbled upon a play by Tennessee Williams, called A Streetcar Named Desire. ... You can tell throughout the play the almost desire driven love and devotion she has for her husband. ... The downcast lighting played well with Blanches desire to hide her real age and play to her sense of never being truly seen in the spotlight. ...
