a streetcar named desire

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A Streetcar Named Desire Tennessee Williams is known for

his powerfully written psychological dramas. Most of his

works are set in the southern United States and they usually

portray neurotic people who are victims of their own

passions, frustrations, and loneliness. The play represents the

conflict between the sensitive, neurotic Blanche DuBois and

the crude, animalistic Stanley Kowalski. Blanche visits the

home of her sister, Stella, in New Orleans and that is when

Stanley started picking at her, almost testing her. Before she

had met Stanley, she told her sister of how their plantation

had been lost due to the costs of paying for the funerals of

many family members. There was not enough money for her

to keep the plantation. While Blanche bathed after her

arrival, Stanley came home. Stella had told him what had

happened and he immediately insisted that Blanche was

swindling them. He hinted that Blanche had sold the

plantation in order to buy beautiful furs and jewelry. He went

through Blanche's trunk while she bathed, Stel

she will die from eating an unwashed grape. Grapes are a

with Stella and Stanley, Blanche had met a man named

tried to avoid bright lights from glaring down on her. She

symbol with sexual overtones. Stanley represents the

thought. She wished to be loved like she was with her

unwashed grape that will kill her. Blanche says that she will

to find out many of Blanche's secrets and told them to Mitch

was a streetcar names Cemeteries which symbolized

lover, her husband Allan Grey. Every time she thought of

Approximate Word count = 705
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)

Category: English

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