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A Streetcar Named Desire

A Streetcar Named Desire originated as a 1947 play by Tennessee Williams. It received a Pulitzer Prize in 1948, and has won many more awards through the years. The play starred Marlon Brando. It has been the base for many other productions, including movies, operas, and ballets.

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What is the conflict in A Streetcar Named Desire?

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in the story "A streetcar named desire" written by Tennessee Williams. i think SStella is admirable character because her husband Stanley is a angry person. she loves her husband while Stanley many times hiking Stella. also he is not likes her sister stay at his home.

Who is Blanche in a streetcar named desire?

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Blanche is the older sister of Stella and the central character in "A Streetcar Named Desire".

Previously an English teacher in Laurel where she was fired after making sexual advances on a young teenage boy. After losing her home she arrives in New Orleans at her sister and her husband's apartment and eventually tells them she has nowhere else to go. Despite her promiscuous past she acts the part of the ultimate lady. She avoids reality, preferring to live in denial. Blanche becomes less stable as the play progresses and circumstances worsen. Stanley never allows Blanche to deceive him and researches her past, destroying her relationship with his friend Mitch. He also destroys what sanity Blanche has left by raping her and then having her committed to an insane asylum.

In the play a streetcar names desire why doesnt Stanley like blanche?

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Blanche sees Stanley as interesting, but "interesting" in the same regard that humans might find a bug or a car-wreck interesting. Stanley sees Blanche as annoying and as a burden. Something about her, though, sparks something in him, which eventually leads to the rape and subsequent sending-away of Blanche. So it was neither love, nor hate, nor anything else in between; it was her interest toward him, and his lust(?) toward her.

What is the significance of light in 'A Streetcar Named Desire'?

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Blanche talks about light and how things are lighter with love. Before love, she lived in half shadow.

What is the last line of the play streetcar named desire?

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you have to deal with what you have and make the best out of it in your life, just like a seven card stud in real life were as you cannot do anything but try to deal with the cards you've received and make the best hand possible.

A Streetcar Named Desire what does belle reve mean what does it refer to in the play?

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It literally means 'beautiful dream' in French. Superficially, it refers to Blanche and Stella's ancestral home in Laurel, Mississippi. On a deeper level it is referring to the illusion, the dreams, that each of the characters aspires to have.

In the vein of the topic this query falls under, I assume you are wondering how it ties in with Stanley's abuse of Stella; it does - in a serious way. Stella is holding on to her beautiful dream of her family - the husband and child she is carrying (later has) are her beautiful dreams. She makes choices throughout the play that show her Belle Reve is more important to her than are the (what are now - not then) acceptable social norms.

Stella took the abuse from Stanley - and indeed admitted it turns her on a bit (adrenaline rush does that). This abuse was not behind closed doors as most was in the late 40s but out in the public - in full view of family and friends. This meant her Belle Reve was obviously not in contradiction with reality - unlike Blanche's.

How many words in the play A Streetcar Named Desire?

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If you mean the movie, it's 122 minutes. As a play, obviously it varies depending on the pacing of each individual production.

Why did blanche leave her teaching job in A Streetcar Named Desire?

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Blanche claims that she left because of her nerves, but really she was kicked out after she had a relationship with a student.

What is the theme of A Streetcar Named Desire?

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The most important themes are Illusion versus Reality, The Destructive Nature of Time, The Old South versus the New South and Loneliness and Isolation

Who wrote the play A Streetcar Named Desire?

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1951 was the year in which "Streetcar named Desire" was first shown as a movie. Written by an American playwright Tennessee Williams it had been previously staged as a play in Broadway and other theaters.

In 'A Streetcar Named Desire' how does Stella contrast with Stanley aside from being female?

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Strange relationship, because Stanly beats her and she runs off but always comes back (pretty sure there is more to this).

Symbol of a streetcar named cemeteries in A Streetcar Named Desire?

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a street car named desire is a train they used to get around.

Literally, Blanche DuBois had to take a streetcar named Desire and another called Cemeteries to get to Elysian Fields (Stanley and Stella's apartment building). Symbolically, Blanche got to New Orleans through Desire (her descent into pedophilia and prostitution after her husband's suicide) and Cemeteries (the deaths of many people in her family that led to her family losing the mortgage on their estate).

Significance of the title A Streetcar Named Desire?

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It foreshadows the play. The play onyl contains a few characters from the community and the SD examine the whole community describing the place within the characters live. It foreshadows the play. The play onyl contains a few characters from the community and the SD examine the whole community describing the place within the characters live.