Robert Frost poems, "A Road Not Taken" and "Mending Wall" and Tennessee Williams play "A Streetcar Named Desire" explore similar ideas and concepts to one another only both vary in how the message is received by the audience due to the form in which the texts are written.Frost's poetry and William's play both explore the choices we are faced with, the barriers we put up between people and how our decisions ultimately affect our future. ... Here the concept of the poem and the play are loosely connected. ... Williams play is written to be performed and to a more sophisticat...

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" A Streetcar Named Desire" by Tennessee Williams Bruce, Smith. Costly Performances: Tennessee Williams, The Last Stage. ... It ran parallel with all the other plays that I have experienced. ... The main contribution to my dislike is the type of play. ... The way that families operate has altered ( family orientation played major role in play). ...

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In the Street Car Named Desire, by Tennessee Williams, Stanley Kowalski displays his brutality in many ways. This classical play is about Blanche Dubois's visit to Elysian Fields and her encounters with her sister's brutal and arrogant husband, Stanley Kowalski, and the reveling truth of why Blanche really came. ... His brutish and ferocious actions during the play leave the reader with a bad taste in their mouths. ... In Conclusion, in The Street Car Na...

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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. ... It always stops after that " (Williams 114). ... It was evident in the beginning of the play when they first meet that Stanley and Blanche would not get along when the audience finds out that Stanley "sizes women up at a glance, with sexual classifications " (Williams 29). ... Stanley exploits Blanche's past throughout the play that slowly slips her to lunacy. ... From ...

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Tennessee Williams describes her appearance as "incongruous- to the setting of the play (Scene 5). ... Tennessee Williams is famous for dressing his most degenerate characters ironically in all white, so this provides readers with another clue about Blanche. ... (Williams, Scene 9). ... Blanche tries to play the role of who she would like to be. ... - (Williams, Scene 4). ...

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A Streetcar Named Desire, by Tennessee Williams, is set in New Orleans, Louisiana. ... Infamous for the brutal and tough-guy act the play centers around. ... There are several important relationships in William's play. ... plays the night Mitch leaves her and she is raped. ... When researching Tennessee William's life, many comparisons can be made. ...

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Title Street Car Named Desire Author Tennessee Williams SETTING A Streetcar Named Desire is set in the home of the Kowalskis located in a poor, but charming neighborhood of the French Quarter in New Orleans, Louisiana. CHARACTERS Blanche Dubois - the central character and the tragic heroine of the play. ... Steve is a poker-playing friend of Stanley. ... He plays poker with his friends and is fond of drinking and bowling. ... The play ends in tragedy with Blanche being sent to live at the state mental institution. ...

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