Tennessee Williams' play, "A Streetcar Named Desire," first opened in the late 1940's, cut line which had defined traditional gender roles began to blur. ... "A Streetcar Named Desire" debuted in the December of 1947 but was written in the year prior to its release. ... The late 1940's females were beginning to feel more and more independent and less willing to throw everything away just for a man. ...

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The most obvious symbol used in A Streetcar Named Desire is its title and the actual reference, in the play, to the streetcars named Desire and Cemeteries. They not only are the means by which Blanche was brought to the home of Stanley and Stella; as the play unfolds, we realize the names of the streetcars have a greater significance. [Blanche says, " They told me to take a street-car named Desire, and then transfer to one called Cemeteries and ride six blocks and get off at Elysian Fields"] (s.1, 6). ... (s.9, 144). ... (s.9, 148). ...

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A Streetcar Named Desire, written by Tennessee Williams, tells a story set in 1920's New Orleans, where a man and his sister-in-law meet for the first time and develop a very tumultuous relationship. ... Blanche is the guest of Stanley and Stella, and Stanley is the host, so common customs, even in the 1920's, say that each should show mutual respect toward each other. ... His decision to betray Stella and rape Blanche because of his own selfish desires illustrates his transformation into the play's villain. ... Stanley's role as A Streetcar Named Desire's villain is ...

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A Streetcar Named Desire, by Tennessee Williams, is set in New Orleans, Louisiana. The play begins in the evening, early May of 1947, featuring a two-story corner building on an avenue named Elysian Fields, and ends in late September of the same year. ... She has just arrived as the play opens and explainsThey told me to take a street-car named Desire, and then transfer to one called Cemeteries and ride six blocks and get off at-- Elysian Fields!? ... A Streetcar Named Desire is a very intense play about people and life and various views of reality. ...

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The play "A Streetcar Named Desire" by Tennessee Williams, which takes place in 1940's cosmopolitan New Orleans city, is a great example of this evolution. ... In 1940's, the gap between the social classes was obvious, whereas today classes are intermingled and the conflict has disappeared. ... For example, women who were not married over 30's used to be called "old maids". ... In 1940's people used to spend their free times with their own genders. ... As a conclusion, the play reflects the aspects of its setting, New Orleans in 1940's thoroughly. ...

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The ending in Tennessee William's play A Streetcar Named Desire in which Blanche DuBois' sister Stella Kowalski leads her off to a mental hospital by a matron and a kind-hearted doctor was indeed inevitable. ... Blanche even said that desire brought her to where she is right now. Blanche's horrid past, which traumatized her throughout the play, which she reveals to be her husband ˜s suicide with a gunshot to the mouth because of Blanche's personal disgust with him sleeping with another man. ... Blanche's desire for love and intimacy leads to her husband's d...

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A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams is about the new man in the 50's who is insulted when his wives cousin starts to live with them. ... Whether you change the characters names around or write something entirely new, drama is the end result of emotion. ...

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Marlon Brando, enigmatic and virile, sported similar designs in the 1951 movie A Streetcar Named Desire. ... Inspirations of the 1950's obviously influenced designers in helping them come up with new and creative designs. ... Still his assistant, Yves Saint Laurent had an immense success with his first collection from the House of Dior and continued with his success in the 60's. ... Another famous designer during the 50's was Jacques Fath who was praised for the glamour and vivacity of hi...

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Frederick Douglass was the leading spokesman of African Americans in the 1800's. ... In New York , Frederick dropped his two middle names and changed his last name to Douglass to avoid capture (Scruggs). ... In New York, he also met a man named Mr. ... He was reluctant at first, but once he began he "felt a degree of freedom" and said what he desired with considerable ease. ... In the later 1840's, Douglass protested against segregated seating on trains by sitting in cars reserved for whites. ...

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He sets the scene for the social background for the play, describes his role in it, and introduces the other characters by name. ... Once, in high school, a boy named Jim, says Laura. ... Rose imagery and the name or word "rose" appears in numerous works. ...

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