Essays On Play

Discuss how the dramatic representation of a character influences your approval/disapproval. Dramatic representation causes, us, the audience to either act in approval or disapproval against a specific character. These dramatic representations are the basic building blocks of a character, and create an even deeper meaning then the one displayed. The dramatic play, A Streetcar Named […]

In 1940s, the social situation in American south was severely affected by the Second World War. The dominating industries made life expensive and unaffordable, causing Americans to either adjust their lifestyle or migrate elsewhere for better opportunities. During this time, the women of American south were expected to possess qualities such as fragility, dedication, self-sufficiency, […]

The Outsider explores the concept that death is a beautiful alternative to life and should not be feared. Contrastingly, A Streetcar Named Desire portrays death as an intrinsic and terrifying aspect of life that Blanche fears. At the start of the novel, Meursault also avoids death but ultimately comes to terms with it through enlightenment. […]

There are very few moments in modern theatrical history that are truly worth recalling. In 1947, however, Tennessee Williams’ ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ was instrumental in revolutionising the very mindset of the theatrical world. To Williams, the polite drawing room comedy, which was still the staple diet available for the theatregoer, was unrealistic. In response, […]

In ‘A streetcar named desire’, Tennessee Williams employs stage directions, color, and symbolism to emphasize his point. As a play meant to be performed in front of an audience, these techniques enable Williams to guide his meaning in a subconscious manner. While the dialogue primarily impacts the audience, symbolism allows them to connect different parts […]

In Tennessee Williams’ ‘Streetcar Named Desire’, the character of the protagonist Blanche is created by Williams to be facing great change, and is facing the pull between her internal flaws and the external forces pushing this change . By showing this change in accordance within the confines of a modern domestic tragedy, it becomes inherently […]

“Blanche will be destroyed unless she can reconcile herself to modern American values. Rather than face such a harsh reality, and unprepared to abandon her bond with a dying culture, she retreats into a fantasy world, surrounded by ‘a group of spectral admirers’. Stella survives. Is the play’s final message adapt or perish? ” The […]

Tennessee Williams masterfully crafts a network of intricate emotions in A Streetcar Named Desire. This network creates flawed characters who strive for an elusive ideal standard of perfection. Blanche, in particular, unveils her false and sinister nature that stems from an obsession with attaining perfection. The yearning for perfection is a common pursuit among many […]

Each individual’s perception of reality may not always reflect the true nature of the world. Our attitudes, experiences, and influences from the environment shape our world. In Tennessee Williams’s play, “A Streetcar Named Desire,” characters construct their own worlds based on their perspectives and experiences. Each character has a unique worldview, emphasizing that everyone creates […]

Tennessee Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire is considered by most people to be his most flawless masterpiece. This is because Williams work blends both tragic and comic elements together. He shows the true nature of the hero and doesnt let the reader judge the characters based on one single action. Most readers think because there […]

“Just remember what Huey Long said – that every man’s a king- and I’m the king around here” QUELLE!! With this statement Stanley Kowalski, one of the protagonists in “A Streetcar Named Desire” a play published in 1947 by one of the most famous authors of the South Tennessee Williams, the character captures the critical […]

There are many situations in life which are related to reality and they can be illusional because of your own perspective. a quote that supports this is “ Reality is that which, when you stop believing it, doesn’t go away”. This quote explains that reality is something that even if you don’t believe in it […]

1. Blanche who is homeless, comes to her sister’s house at the beginning. Blanche had been a schoolteacher, married Allan, a man she later discovered to be gay. Her reactions to his sexual orientation caused him to commit suicide. Lonely, she becomes a prostitute, who loses her teaching career when her sexual relationship with a […]

Tennessee Williams uses the constant battle between illusion and reality as a theme throughout his play A Streetcar Named Desire. Many use illusion to escape the reality they are living in. This theme is present in all of his characters in different ways. Each character is shown to live their life in either the way […]

Both A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams and Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman depict characters who become victims of their own delusions. Blanche in Streetcar loses touch with reality, leading to her downfall as she fabricates a false image of success. Similarly, the main character in Death of a Salesman also succumbs to […]

Desire, on any level, is always equated with passion and wanting. It is often mistaken to be synonymous to need, which, as a concept, pales in comparison and only suggests a void existing on a single level. The facets of desire are multi-dimensional; they are almost never objective or rational, but always emotional. Tennessee Williams, […]

The rape at the end of scene 10 is clearly the key moment for the motif of violence. I think this moment ties together all of the themes that are reflected by the theme of violence, and rape not only incorporates physical but also psychological violence, further accentuating the importance of this moment. Violence is […]

Out of curiosity, can you please put your hand up if you think “Women should still inhabit the domestic sphere, or as you adolescent males put it “staying in the kitchen and making sandwiches? ” Good morning Year 12, I am Professor Belen from the University of Sydney. I understand you have been studying gender […]

Discuss the dramatic devices Williams uses in the play to suggest that Blanche is doomed. A Streetcar Named Desire is a tragedy that is unlike a traditional tragedy in that the characters in it are not struck by some calamity or fall because of unwise choices on their part. Instead, we enter the play in […]

John Nash, who is the main character in the movie, suffers from schizophrenia. According to Myers (2007), schizophrenia is defined as a multiple personality disorder whereby an individual splits from reality by having a disorganized form of … A Beautiful Mind: Nursing Movie Review essay The movie written by Akiva Goldsman and directed by Ron […]

The play “A Streetcar Named Desire,” written and directed by Thomas “Tennessee” Williams, tells the tragic story of Blanche Dubois. Blanche, an immigrant who moves to New Orleans after facing numerous hardships in Laurel, comes from an affluent background and enjoyed a lavish lifestyle in her ancestral home. She worked as an English teacher and […]

The given fortunes of Tartuffe are few. yet they are indispensable to the reading of the book. The clip of Tartuffe is displayed through several ways: while no specific clip is of all time mentioned. we know that the drama takes topographic point sometime after 1640 because the currency mentioned ( the Louis ) was […]