Today we are comparing the play A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams and the short story A Respectable Woman by Kate Chopin. Throughout history you can find similarities and differences in different pieces of literature. They could be about a similar topic or something a little different, either way if you look hard enough you will find similarities and differences in the literature. The similarity in both stories is a family has one of there friends live in the same building as them.
Briefly characterize Blanche Dubois. What evidence is there in the text that supports your characterization? Blanche Dubois seem like a rich person due to what she’s wearing, ”white suit,bodice necklace, earrings of pearl, white glove…”. She was also described as a moth due to the white and her beauty that will cause attention to her. 3) How does Blanche react to Stella’s apartment?
In 1951, the play was change into a movie by Elia Kazan. After reading and watching Streetcar Named Desire/Streetcar, I noticed there was some similarities and differences. Two similarities I will develop a thought on will be, the plot and setting. There were also some differences in the setting. Some aspects were emphasized more than other or even deleted.
The contrast between Blanche's idealized vision and her situation's harsh reality. Main point: The unraveling of Blanche DuBois's fragile psyche Examples/Details/Explanations: The play depicts Blanche's mental health decline and her eventual descent into madness.
One major similarity between Blanche and Stanley is that they both like to manipulate or control other people, to make themselves feel better. Even though there are different ways Stanley and Blanche take control of other people they still do it in a familiar matter. For example, Blanche takes power and influence over people by lying to others and herself, to make them believe in something that actually never happened, with fantacy, therefore makes Blanche feel greater, than she actually may be. To go deeper in depth, to prove that Blanche is manipulative she also says. ¨I don 't tell the truth.
Blanche and Stella's night out in "A Streetcar Named Desire" was a memorable event that showcased the sisters' different personalities. They went to a dance club called the Flamingo, which was a popular venue in New Orleans. The club had a dimly lit atmosphere, with jazz music filling the air and a smoky ambiance that added to the sultry mood. As soon as they arrived, Blanche and Stella hit the dance floor, moving to the rhythm of the music and enjoying the company of the men around them.
However the main conflict is Blanche’s inability to accept reality or her inability to let go of her past. Blanche sees herself above her sister’s life and carries a sense of entitlement that no longer fits her environment like it did in her past. Underneath, Blanche is a liar and Stanley is not. Stanley and Stella are able to able to admit what they are while Blanche is constantly trying to hide who she is. She is unable to come to her desire and sees herself superior to the people around her.
Tennessee Williams wrote “A Streetcar Named Desire” (Williams, 1947) It is based in New Orleans a new cosmopolitan city which is poor but has raffish charm. The past is representing old south in America 1900’s and present is representing new America post world war 2 in 1940’s. Past and present are intertwined throughout the play in the characters Stanley, Blanche, Stella and mitch. Gender roles show that males are the dominant and rule the house which Stanley is prime example as he brings home food and we learn of one time when he got cross and he smashed the light bulbs.
In my opinion, I do not sympathize all of the characters equally. I find that I sympathize with two characters in the play, which are Blanche and Stella. At first, my response to Blanche is negative due to her judgmental nature towards others. However, Tennessee Williams shows more details about Blanche’s past, and then I start to feel that situations in her life beyond her control led her to be that way.
Both Blanche's family and Belle Reve represent her dream to indulge in a sophisticated, high class, and luxurious life. When all of Blanche’s family dies and Stella leaves, Blanche loses the first piece of her “beautiful dream.” She no longer has the money to support herself, since her educational career provides insufficient funds. After the tragic loss of her husband, Blanche loses Belle Reve and loses her job, symbolizing that her “beautiful dream” has been fully crushed and the only remnants of her dream are the lies she feeds herself. This fall of social class leads Blanche to carry a tone of classism.
In both plays, the authors reference how the American dream is a clear deceiving myth as in Tennessee Williams’ play, he uses the character of Blanche to display how a well-educated, upper-class women eventually is able to lose her friends, mind and family in a world where the “freest and most enlightened men are placed in the happiest circumstances in the world”3 . This is very similarly shown in Arthur millers A death of a salesmen written and set in the late 1940s, as he describes the tale of a well-educated man who seems to be struggling with the American dream also, however he believes the American dream entails being able to get anywhere in life through being liked, as he countlessly tells his kids “A man can end with diamonds here on
Another very common theme represented throughout both texts, is the constant allusion to light. Within “A Streetcar Named Desire”, the use of light reveals Blanche’s role and appearance as a character. One of Blanche’s biggest flaws is that she prefers to be only seen in the dark. She does not like to reveal herself in the light as she is afraid of people seeing that she is in fact aging.
The story and title have a total different meaning as i came to realize, and this quote from Blanche works as a form of foreshadow .Just as she rode the streetcar named ‘Desire’ and then arrived at her destination ‘Elysian Fields’ which is a cemetery in mythology; the story unfolds in the same manner. In my analysis, Belle Reve was the place where she lived and committed sin ,but as well as her husband she in a manner,also died and therefore ran away from this place. Consecutive to escaping from her past she goes to new orleans in search for new beginnings , which is not what she finds as it is in Elysian Fields where all of her lies are discovered and she pays for her past life ,the life nobody knew about. Blanche’s character slowly begins
he plot is framed by Blanche’s arrival in the first scene and her departure in the eleventh scene. The play has only one plot with no sub-plot. A Streetcar Named Desire presents us with two stories: the growing conflict between Stanley and Blanche, and the gradual crumbling of Blanche’s sanity. The play is presented chronologically, from Blanche’s arrival at Elysian Fields in May to her departure for the mental asylum in September. Blanche is the only character who appears in every scene and this enable the audience to witness all her actions and emotions, and become privy to her secrets.
Character Analysis of Blanche DuBois One of the main characters in a play by Tennessee Williams A Streetcar Named Desire is Blanche DuBois. Blanche is a victim of her upbringing and the changing times she lives in. She was born to aristocratic family and raised to be taken care of. This romantic, art, music and poetry loving soul is unprepared for the world she lives in
