The Scene prepares an audience for what is

The first scene introduces us to the major characters and themes of the play. The three major characters being Blanche, Stella and Stanley. The themes include madness, jealousy, death and the Old World changing into the new.

Scene one introduces us to the environment, disrupts the Kowalski household as Blanche arrives and appears to resolve it as Stanley "accepts" Blanche. The action focuses on the Kowalski home almost entirely preserving the concept of unity of place laid down by Aristotle. The setting uses symbolic name references, is claustrophobic to increase the tension and is poetically detailed through description.

The title of the play, "A Streetcar Named Desire" is a metaphor for what has happened and what is still going to happen to happen to Blanche. Her first line encapsulates this:

"They told me to take a streetcar named Desire, and then transfer to one called Cemeteries and ride six blocks and get off at - Elysian Fields!"

The name "Elysian Fields" represents death. This is symbolic because this place is going to bring the death of Blanche's sanity. The setti

This scene does prepare us for the later happenings in the play. It introduces the characters of Blanche Dubois, and Stella and Stanley Kowalski. Also it leads us to key ideas and themes, that are carried on throughout the play.

When Tennessee Williams says, "her uncertain manner... suggests a moth" he means that just as a moth is attracted to light, Blanche is attracted to and cannot stay away from the truth. As the light, however, destroys the moth, the truth will destroy Blanche. She continuously looks back at her past, and this will eventually send her mad. She gradually realises the truth about many things in her life, such as Stanley and Belle Reve.

In the film with Marlon Brando and Vivien Leigh, this conversation is portrayed very well. Marlon Brando, as Stanley, stands very close, in front of her with his arms folded. He is almost invading her space. Although she is continuously shifting away he stays very close.

"I let the place go? Where were you? In bed with your - Polack!"

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Approximate Word count = 1731
Approximate Pages = 7 (250 words per page double spaced)