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A Streetcar Named Desire Critical Analysis

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A Streetcar Named Desire, is a 1947 American Drama, by Tennessee Williams. The play started with normal characters then it develops through events to get more complicated. The play was performed on Broadway 1947, and closed on December 17, 1949, at The Ethel Barrymore Theatre. It is connected with William 's emotions and struggle of his own life, as he starts his play with a comparison between himself and the main character Blanche. It also linked with the American attitude of realism, which began to appear after the Depression year and World War II. The play is like a mirror of the cultural struggle, pressure and the conflict between classes that spread in nation after the terrors of World War II. For that purpose, the play concentrates on the lower and middle classes that were well-known throughout much of the literature 1930 's and 1940 's. The play takes place in a poor area of New Orleans named Elysian Fields, accordingly to the ancient Greek; it refers to a tomb, a place in which they bury the dead people. A Streetcar Named Desire reflects the capacity and the development in the industry during the 1940 's, which came after the Depression years. It is described as certain nostalgia that the play had championed. The men were like the everyday American that society formed after the Depression, through the hard working. They become very proud of themselves as they can clearly see their own accomplishments done with their own hands (Bloom 25).
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