With close reference to the language and action of the following passage, discuss Williams presentation of Blanches first appearance in the play.
Improvements Needed: I would like to improve the length of my essays, shorten my introduction and use far more quotations more effectively. With close reference to the language and action of the following passage, discuss Williams' presentation of Blanche's first appearance in the play. Introductions and first impressions play an important role in a novel. Streetcar Named Desire, the character of Blanche is the center of the play, in which all the problems that arise are as a result of Blanche's actions or simply her presence. Tennessee Williams conveys this in the beginning scene of the play, where Blanche is instantly distinguished as a stranger to the setting. She is seen being patronizing towards the other characters of the play, giving of the impression to the audience of a snobbish attitude. Blanche's character may just be the most interesting character, and arguably the main character, as we see her character evolve from the start due to the ways she finds ways to cover her true self, like by her clothing; she dresses as a noblewoman to come across as a classy Victorian lady, but this facade deteriorates significantly. When she enters, it is fairly easy to see that Blanche is new to the neighborhood, through her action of looking at "a slip of paper", which was an address. The numerous ornamental accessories ("necklace", "earrings of pearl") give the feeling that
A Streetcar Named Desire
Literature: A Streetcar Named Desire Choose a play in which the deterioration of a marriage or a relationship is important. Show how the dramatist presents the deterioration and why it is in your opinion important to the play as a whole. Tennessee Williams fast paced drama "A Streetcar Named Desire" is centred on the relationships of the Kowalski family and their relation Miss Blanche Du Bois. The plays sees the relationship between in-laws Blanche Du Bois and Stanley Kowalski form and deteriorate following events which the play itself entails. The dramatist develops the deterioration of this relationship in several ways and we find that the deterioration of this relationship proves to be important to the play as a whole. This essay will explore the various ways in which the dramatist achieves the deterioration of the relationship between Blanche and Stanley and this deterioration's importance to the play as a whole. The drama "A Streetcar Named Desire" is centred on the Kowalski-Du Bois family and deals with the issues that arise when Stella Kowalski's Sister Blanche comes to live with her and Stanley. Stanley and Blanche come into conflict resulting in catastrophe and Blanche's eventual demise. Towards the beginning of the book it would appear to the reader that the relationship between Blanche and Stanley is fairly neutral if not a little flirty. However it becomes
A streetcar named Desire
A Streetcar Named Desire How does Tennessee Williams use the dramatic device of conflict in "A Streetcar Named Desire?" Write about the different types of conflict in the play. Overview In this assignment, I am going to write about conflict and how it is represented in the stage production 'A Streetcar Named Desire' in addition to describing how it is used as a dramatic device, by Tennessee Williams. The play is revolved around a feeble yet elegant woman named Blanche Dubois. Blanche, a schoolteacher from Laurel, Mississippi, arrives at the New Orleans apartment of her sister, Stella Kowalski. Despite the fact that Blanche seems to have fallen out of close contact with Stella, she intends to stay at her apartment for an unspecified period of time. Blanche informs Stella that she 'lost' Belle Reve, their ancestral home, following the death of all their remaining relatives. She also notifies her on the fact that she has been given a leave of absence from her teaching position, due to her 'bad nerves'. The area Stella and her husband, Stanley, live in is a relatively poor, deprived one, and it becomes no surprise when we discover Stanley is determined to rid of it and instead fulfil the American dream. So when he receives the news that Blanche 'lost' Belle Reve he obviously becomes furious, as it may have been one of the only opportunities he gets to leave the appalling life
A Streetcar Named Desire
A Streetcar Named Desire - V.EVANS )Scene one creates an environment in which the reader should feel welcome; this is to be achieved by the impressions that the reader gets of the quarters. I see the quarter as being a 'poor' area in 'decay', which might have been a once prosperous area as the buildings are described as having 'ornamented gables' and 'galleries' which to me suggests that at the time of building the houses the area was much wealthier. The use of the word decay also suggests that there has been an aesthetic change for the worst, Williams describes the houses as being 'mostly white frame, weathered grey'. Despite the lack of money in the area, 'Elysian Fields' has a 'warm' sense of happiness and contentment about it, Williams actually uses the word warm in his stage directions to illustrate physical warmth of the area and the warmth of the people who live there. The people therefore are immediately portrayed as being hospitable and kind, and as it is the people who create the atmosphere of a place this helps us to feel the generally tender nature of 'Elysian Fields'. The people seem jovial in nature, which is seen through the way they joke and laugh, particularly the coloured woman. The characters have excesses of energy in the way they speak and move, which gives the reader the feeling that 'Elysian
Discuss how Tennessee Williams explores the theme of appearance versus reality in his play "A Streetcar Named Desire"
A Streetcar Named Desire Chloé Magee 4O Miss Davies A Streetcar Named Desire by playwright Tennessee Williams tells the story of Blanche DuBois, the dichotomist female lead who comes to Elysian Fields in search of a sanctuary away from the deaths and loss of her home, Belle Reve, but also to run away from her past. Her plans of inner-peace are interrupted, however, by Stanley Kowalski, her sister Stella’s husband as he tries to show everyone the truth that lies behind the facade of magnificence and sophistication that Blanche keeps constantly on guard, showing her that she can never run away from her past and sending her fragile mind on a downward spiral into the realms of fantasy. It is mainly through the characterisation of Blanche, but also through key scene and conflict that Williams explores the theme of appearance versus reality. The audience immediately forms an impression of Blanche as she enters stage. As she is “incongruous” to the setting of the Quarter with the jazzy music in every bar and sleazy notoriety, she gives an appearance of sophistication which contrasts with the informal appearance of the mixed population of the New Orleans: She is daintily dressed in a white suit with a fluffy bodice, necklace and
How does William convey Blanches anxiety in Scene 1?
How does William convey Blanche’s anxiety in Scene 1? When Blanche arrives in New Orleans, she is already in “shocked disbelief” by looking “at a slip of paper, then at a building, then again at the slip and again at the building”. The use of the adjective “shocked” suggests how surprised Blanche is to see her sister live her, in contrast to where both of them lived before. Blanche has to come New Orleans as her family fortune and estate are gone; she lost her young husband to suicide years earlier, and from early on the play, we notice she has bad drinking problem by drinking in Stella’s house when she first arrives, which she covers up poorly by saying to herself “I’ve got to keep hold of myself.” Blanche “washes out” her glass to hide her evidence. From this point, the reader realises she has a drinking problem. William’s uses a lot of different actions used to show Blanche’s anxiety. She is a dislocated individual from the loss of her husband and family as described her “shoulder slightly hunched and her legs pressed together… and her hands tightly clutching her purse” implies she is in complete dislocation and is shocked at where she is since Blanche comes from a high society and is not used to seeing this lower class society. Furthermore, more actions are used to show Blanche’s unease to this location. He describes her
"A Streetcar Named Desire". The opening of the scene set the tone of the play. Discuss
The opening of the scene set the tone of the play. Discuss William introduces his protagonists in the opening scene through their real faces. A streetcar named desire was published in 1994. With the help of symbolism William has described the opening in such a way that it helps the reader to know the hints of what is going to be next. "Stanley [bellowing] : hey, there ! Stella, baby! Stella [mildly]: don't holler at me like that..." This shows the difference between husband and wife has been clearly shown. Stanley is uncivilized while Stella is polite and she seems civilized. "Stanley: catch! Stella: what? Stanley: Meat! [He heaves the package at her. She cries out in protest but manages to catch it. Then she laughs breathless...]" Here William used the meat as a symbol which describes the sexual connection that Stella and Stanley have for each other. It also means that Stella accepts Stanley the way he is. Later she confesses to Blanche her sister that she cries when Stanley is not around which shows she is crazy about him. The protagonist Blanche Dubois enters the play. She arrives in Elysian Field to stay with her sister Stella. She looks out of the place as the play says "her appearance is incongruous to this setting she is daintily dressed in a white suit with a fluffy bodice, necklace and ear rings of pearls, white gloves and hat, looking as if she was arriving
How and to What Effect are the Key Themes of The Glass Menagerie Presented in Scene One?
How and to What Effect are the Key Themes of ‘The Glass Menagerie’ Established in Scene 1? Essay ‘The Glass Menagerie’ by Tennessee Williams incorporates a numerous amount of themes throughout the play. As it is known to somewhat reflect on the playwright’s own life, some of these themes are notably profound and evocative, allowing the audience to maintain an ample grasp on the messages put forward by Williams. Primarily, the idea of memory is established in Scene One. The play inaugurates with lengthy description as to the setting and stagecraft, followed by the entrance of the narrator, Tom Wingfield, who soon states that ‘the play is memory’ and makes it clear that we are viewing events through the lens of his memories, intensifying emotions and extracting significances in the way that memories do. When the scene progresses, we as an audience also have an insight to recollections within recollections, such as those of Amanda as she recounts her days as a girl and her inept attempts to relive this time of her life. This complex theme is an imaginative device which Williams uses effectively to express truth, and one of the methods he uses to establish this is through the stagecraft. To begin with, the lighting is key in the portrayal of memory, because it displays the interior as ‘dim and poetic’. This not only helps us to distinguish the contrast
How does Williams portray the character of Stanley and his attitudes? (A Streetcar Named Desire)
A Streetcar Named Desire How does Williams portray the character of Stanley and his attitudes? In your answer you should consider: . William’s language choices 2. Dramatic techniques In the play, Stanley is portrayed as a very masculine, aggressive character, with chauvinistic attitudes to both Stella and Blanche. However, despite his thuggishness, he is also portrayed as attractive- Stella can’t live without him – and he is sometimes seen to have a more naive vulnerable side to his character. One of the first dramatic techniques Williams uses to introduce us to Stanley in Scene 1 is that of stage directions. In these, Williams describes Stanley as having `the power and pride of a richly male bird among hens`, and this metaphor conveys his masculine sense of superiority and chauvinistic attitude. It is also one of many animal references associated with Stanley. Williams uses many dynamic verbs in the stage directions for Stanley, such as `throws the screen door of the kitchen open`, also reflected later on when he `snatches` the radio and `tosses` it out of the window. These dynamic verbs give us a strong sense of his physical presence. Williams also uses an asyndetic list - `his heartiness with men, his appreciation of rough-humour, his love of good drink and food and games, his car, his radio, everything that is his, that bears his emblem of the gaudy
Discuss the role of music and other sound effects in A Streetcar Named Desire
Chiara Croserio Discuss the role of music and other sound effects in Streetcar Named Desire. Tennessee Williams uses many types of music and sound as a way to communicate emotions of characters that can’t be expressed in words. A few examples of these are the blue piano, the Varsouviana polka, Its Only A Paper Moon and the other sound effects that magnify the dramatic situations in the play. In the very beginning of scene one, Williams tells us that the blue piano expresses the spirit of the life that goes on in Elysian Fields. It is noticed when Stanley tells Blanche that Stella is pregnant towards the end of scene two. When he tells her, the blue piano becomes louder. When Stanley is shouting Stella’s name after the poker night disaster, the blue piano is played again, showing Stanley’s raw emotion as he called for her. The blue piano is mostly played during moments of loneliness, hope and passion. Some of these emotions are shown when Blanche talks about the loss of Belle Reve and her family. The hope is expressed candidly when she gets the idea of contacting Shep Huntleigh who she thinks can help her and Stella escape the ‘desperate situation’ they are in. Desire and passion is conveyed when Stanley and Stella come back to each other in scene three and when Stanley sexually abuses Blanche. The Varsouviana was the song that Blanche and her young husband,
