Streetcar - use of colors, light and music in the play

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Tennessee Williams employs the use of colors in various ways in his play 'A streetcar named Desire' to portray its major themes. When the heroine Blanche Dubois appears in the first scene, she is dressed all in white. 'White' (also the meaning of her name) symbolizes purity and virginity, which is ironic in Blanche's case since she has a reputation in her home town Laurel for being promiscuous. She flirts with Stanley after meeting him by asking him to button the "back" of her "flowered print dress." She kisses a young collector in the fifth scene, which is not at all virginal.

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Scene Ten, Blue Piano, Mitch Blanche, Blanche Dubois, Tennessee Williams, dimly lit,

Approximate Word count = 394
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)

Category: English

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