Essay On Blanche In Tennessee Williams A Streetcar Named Desire

A Streetcar Named Desire Literary Analysis The late 1940’s were characterized by the emergence out of World War II that led to a dependence on the idea of The American Dream, which meant men were working harder to achieve a more comforting lifestyle and opportunity while women were still fighting the oppression of caused by unequal representation. This idealistic dream is illustrated throughout Tennessee Williams’ “A Streetcar Named Desire”, which has a rigid dichotomy between illusion and reality revealed throughout multiple characters and their dysfunctional lives that are a direct result between fantasy and actuality. Illusion is taken advantage of as an alternative to the unfair circumstances that the characters in “A Streetcar Named

The unnamed city, the language, the strange waiter whom Anna seduced at the bar are all symbolic of alienation and insecurity. Ester’s sickness and her means of intoxicating herself to relieve her suffering is symbolic of existential fear and suffering that is there in the core of human life and the desperate futile means that we implement to transmute them. Anna’s use of cosmetics, her appropriate dress, her hair and her shoes are all symbols to accentuate her sensuality and paradoxically suggestive of her yearning for love and togetherness, however limited only by the physical gratification of her self. Johan on the other hand is a central symbol that perceives and records the details that he witnesses throughout the film. He can be considered to be Bergman himself, feeling and capturing the unfamiliar landscapes of the emotional turmoil of the adult world.

Although this means that Nella Larsen use Helga experience to explore racial tension in 1920s in America and Europe and how mix-race people struggle to find their identity in two insular cultures. Helga attempt to a home in Harlem Renasssience era in New York, rural Georgia. She unable to find a true acceptance anywhere, and resigns herself to her fate and courageous. Author

In the beginning of chapter six, Frederick Douglass focuses the reader’s attention on how slavery can affect even the best and most innocent people. While talking about how slavery removes the good from slave owners, Douglass also explores how slavery is not only detrimental to them, but corrupts their ethics as well. Douglass remarks, “The crouching servility, usually so acceptable a quality in a slave, did not answer when manifested toward her. Her favor was not gained by it; she seemed to be disturbed by it” (19; ch. 6).

Countless times, Creon was implored to change his mind to preserve the safety of others. However, due to his uncompromising and egocentric nature, he repeatedly denied this aid, and therefore caused the tragedies of the deaths of his niece and his son. The events that occurred in the play Antigone accurately represent the characteristics of a tragic flaw and subsequent suffering that define a

Stella is demonstrated to live her life consumed with illusion until the final scene of the play where, as Blanche is taken away and loses her mental stability, Stella realises the problems that she may have caused by not defending Blanche from Stanley, as she is blinded by her own illusions of her relationship Stanley. Stella lives in denial of her abusive relationship with Stanley by creating excuses and illusions that everything is fine. This is evidenced when Stella says “You’re making too much fuss”, therefore it is obvious that Stella is used to the abuse she receives from Stanley and shows to Blanche that it is a regular thing that would happen to women in New Orleans, however she creates the illusion that it is okay or that it does not happen, as she dismisses giving any information on it. This could be a portrayal of her Southern Belle

This can be evident in three aspects: the styles of the acting of the actors, the reaction of Juliet after learning about the death of Tybalt, and the setting of certain scenes. In Luhrmann’s film (1996), the acting of Romeo and Juliet make the audiences feel that they are more reliable and imperturbable, this is shown in many situations. Juliet’s first appearance in the movie seems more cool-headed. When Juliet is taking a shower when her mother calls her name, she puts on a bathrobe lightly and walks out. Her action indicates her leisurely personality.

In Tennessee Williams’s play A Streetcar Named Desire, Blanche Dubois measures her family’s successes and failures against a standard that she believes reflects the social values of the Old South as practiced at Belle Reve, her lost plantation. She uses her reminiscences and behaviors to construct herself -- to other characters and to the audience -- as a Southern Belle: a representative of a group of highborn women from the antebellum South. As the play unfolds, however, it becomes clear not only that Blanche cannot live up to the Southern Belles code, but also that her ideas of the Old South are as illusory as the other self-deceptions to which she is subject. Confronted by the harsh reality of post-war America, Blanche finds comfort in escapism, traditionalism and illusions represented by the facades behind which she hides her true self. An aging Southern belle, Blanche Dubois rejects the truth that the reality presents to her, protecting herself with illusions and deceptive characterizations.

Neither of the men possesses this characteristic: Heathcliff's inability to judge his own character is apparent in the way he is unable recognize that the very actions he takes in order to get his revenge on Edgar are painful to Catherine, for whom he is driven to revenge in the first place. His frequent disappearances, the passionate, sudden entrances and the discord he sows at Thrushcross Grange hurt his heart's foremost desire more than they do Edgar, but Heathcliff lacks the ability to see the consequences of his actions or even to see the flaw in his motives. Edgar is similarly blind to himself. Neither man is able to express themselves to Catherine in an adequate manner. Edgar's best and only expression of love is in his proposal of marriage.

George Norton, in his essay on Highlighting the Injustice and Brutality Suffered by Child Chimney Sweeps in the late 18th and 19th centuries states, “not only are the sweeps innocent victims of the cruellest exploration but they are associated with the smoke of industrialization, thus uniting two central Romantic preoccpations: childhood; and the impact of the Industrial Revolution on the natural world.” The social factors of the Romantic era were heavily influenced by the industrialization. Everyone was a victim of this change but those lower on the social hierarchy were affected most. For this, children were sold and had to labour; child labour. ‘The Chimney Sweep’ captures this injustice with rhythm and imagery, as a child sweep encourages another, “so if all do their duty...they need not fear harm.” Lev Vygotsky (1896- 1934) believed in the sociocultural theory. He believed that children learn actively when they are able to have the experience.