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A Streetcar Named Desire

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This is why I think the work is a tragedy, a serious drama in which the problems and flaws of the central characters lead to an unhappy or harmful ending. In a classic tragedy, the story is told in a straightforward, chronological fashion, as the rising action builds toward a crisis and then the climax. The falling action is often brief, resulting in a swift solution. . A Streetcar Named Desire fits the standard parameters of a dramatic tragedy. The Kowalski apartment, where all the onstage action occurs, provides the unity of place. The story develops chronologically over the course of a few months, creating the unity of time. Facts about Blanche’s past are revealed through dialogue, rather than flashbacks, and serve to develop and explain
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