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...

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In A Streetcar Named Desire, written by Tennessee Williams, Stanley Kowalski displays his brutality in many ways. ... Stanley's brutality is shown in several places during the duration of A Streetcar Named Desire. ...

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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...

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In Tennessee William's play "A Streetcar Named Desire", the more Blanch Dubois tries to fit in with the new aged America, the more she is setting herself up as a victim to society. ... Blanche imagines a southern millionaire named Shep Huntleigh will be the answer to her future happiness, but this was unlikely to happen. ...

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A Streetcar Named Desire Essay Reality vs. Illusion In Tennessee William's masterful play, A Streetcar Named Desire, the reader meets a middle - aged woman by the name of Blanche DuBois. ...

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A Beautiful Dream Lost In A Streetcar Named Desire, Tennessee Williams depicts the death of the old southern lifestyle at the hands of the callous modern world. ... The name of Belle Reve is French for ''beautiful dream'' and suggests the nostalgia Williams has for the old southern lifestyle. ... Belle Reve's name also hints at the condition of Blanche's mentality, which is in a dream-like state. ... It is apparent Blanche is out of her natural environment from the moment she steps out of the streetcar. ...

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