Essays Tagged: "Streetcar Named Desire"

Expository Essay on "A Street Car Named Desire" by Tennessee Williams

One of the main themes expressed by Tennessee Williams in his play, A Streetcar Named Desire, is to condemn those who display cruelty and harshness in their treatment of ...

(3 pages) 158 0 4.8 Nov/1996

Subjects: Art Essays > Drama

A review of A street Car Named Desire, by Tennessee Williams

A Streetcar Named DesireBy: Tennessee WilliamsA Streetcar Named Desire takes place from spring through ...

(3 pages) 119 0 4.5 May/2002

Subjects: Art Essays > Drama

Illusion and Reality in "A Streetcar Named Desire" (Williams) Is illusion necessary to life? Discusses the role of illusion in the play.

y was how our lives can often experience a fierce battle between these illusions. In the case of 'A Streetcar Named Desire' there are many examples where the characters are simply hiding in or behind ... that it is necessary to create illusions. They may do it for many different reasons, such as in 'A Streetcar Named Desire.' They may want to hide something like Allan and Blanche did, try to impress ...

(5 pages) 174 0 3.9 Jan/1997

Subjects: Art Essays > Drama

"A streetcar named desire" by Tennessee Williams. A Reaction, Assessment of Literary Value, Biography of the Author, and Literary Critism

Tennessee Williams's play A Streetcar Named Desire contains more within it's characters, situations, and story than appears on i ... of symbolism and interesting characters in order to draw in and involve the audience. The plot of A Streetcar Named Desire alone does not captivate the audience. It is Williams's brilliant and intrigu ... ts in the play which keeps the reader fascinated in the realistic fantasy Williams has created in A Streetcar Named Desire. The symbolism, characters, mood, and events of this play collectively form a ...

(11 pages) 310 0 4.6 Apr/1996

Subjects: Art Essays > Drama

Explore the methods Williams uses to create dramatic tension for an audience in 'A Streetcar Named Desire'.

Williams creates dramatic tension in 'A Streetcar Named Desire' through the interactions between the important characters in the play, such ... ella's pregnancy, diffusing the tension.William's persistent use of detailed stage directions in 'A Streetcar Named Desire' implies that the visual settings of the play are very important. Williams us ... eleased in the climax of the scene. The locomotive also has connotations of fate, in that, like the streetcar, it can only travel on one line, and in one direction, to one destination. Also, the locom ...

(3 pages) 67 0 3.0 Feb/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Drama

Tennessee Williams's "Streetcar Named Desire" early reflections on character, interaction between characters and theme.

Tennessee Williams's "Streetcar Named Desire" early reflections on character, interaction between characters and theme.Whe ... erstand the tragedy of Blanche's madness.One of the central themes explored in Tennessee Williams's Streetcar Named Desire is fantasy's inability to overcome reality. Although Williams's protagonist i ... lation that is about to take place in the Kowalskis' home.Though reality triumphs over fantasy in A Streetcar Named Desire, Williams suggests that fantasy is an important and useful tool. At the end o ...

(10 pages) 223 0 4.3 Feb/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors

Brief Biography of Tennesse Williams' life and the theme of societies destructive impact on non-conformists, in two of his plays, The Glass Menagerie, and A Streetcar Named Desire

eme can be seen common throughout not only his two most successful plays, TheGlass Menagerie, and A Streetcar Named Desire, but throughout his own life as well.And we can see this very clearly when we ... sent to a mental institution.The next connection we will make is Blanche Dubois' relationship, in A StreetcarNamed Desire, to Tennessee Williams.In a Streetcar Named Desire, Blanche "is a refined, hyp ...

(9 pages) 92 0 4.0 Feb/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

A Streetcar Named Desire: Detailed description of the 4 main characters and their traits + depiction of women.

Life has been cruel and brutal to all of the characters in A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams. All except Stanley Kowalski, that is, who has instead ...

(9 pages) 121 1 4.5 Mar/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

"A Streetcar Named Desire" by Stanley Kowalski.

Character Analysis: Stanley KowalskiIn Tennessee Williams' play, "A Streetcar Named Desire," readers are introduced to a character named Stanley Kowalski. Though he see ...

(2 pages) 71 0 4.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Tennessee Williams' "A streetcar named desire".

Tennessee Williams's play, "A Streetcar Named Desire," contains more within its characters, situations and story than appears on i ... interesting characters are used a lot in order to draw in and involve the audience. The plot of "A Streetcar Named Desire" alone does not captivate the audience. It is Williams's brilliant and intrig ... ce of literature. Throughout the piece, we see two separate cultures represented and their clash."A Streetcar Named Desire" produces a very strong reaction. Even at the beginning of the play, the read ...

(5 pages) 201 0 4.8 May/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

"A Streetcar Named Desire", Illusion vs. Reality.

In A Streetcar Named Desire, several of the characters use illusion to make themselves more sociably acce ...

(3 pages) 168 5 4.0 May/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

"A StreetCar Named Desire" by Tennessee Williams.

In A Streetcar Named Desire, Tennessee Williams uses the combined effects of lighting, sound, costume and ... n emotional response from the audience that is not necessarily reasoned or logical. The response to Streetcar is generally a uniformed one. As emotional as it is, by the end of the play most of the au ... cal devices that really 'make' the play.Another of these devices which Williams uses effectively in Streetcar is costume. Blanche is the character who has the most changes in costume, and she is also ...

(10 pages) 118 1 5.0 Jun/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Tennessee Williams' Characters in "The Glass Menagerie" and "A Streetcar Named Desire".

e in society. They tend to be lonely and afraid of their surroundings. In The Glass Menagerie and A Streetcar Named Desire, a common basis can be found between many characters. Although the two plays ... daily typewriting, which she does not practice faithfully. This lack of stability is also seen in A Streetcar Named Desire through Blanche.Blanche, Stella's sister, moves from southern Mississippi to ...

(5 pages) 199 0 4.5 Jul/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

"A streetcar named desire" by Tenesse Williams.

lay is a Tennessee Williams film." (Forster Hirsch.) If the words in the play and in the movie of A Streetcar Named Desire are compared, anyone can realize that they are almost one and the same. The p ... age of the main characters but because of the brilliance of Elia Kazan, the director of the movie A Streetcar Named Desire, in the choosing of the cast of the two most important parts, readers are now ...

(2 pages) 82 3 3.5 Sep/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

"A Streetcar Named Desire" by Tennessee Williams.

Drama StudiesTask ONE- Performance SkillsA Streetcar named Desire is a play both grimly naturalistic and poetically symbolic, written by playwr ... nessee Williams. It is set in New Orleans post the depression and World War II. The characters in A Streetcar Named Desire are trying to rebuild their lives in post-war America. Much of the characters ... holism, depression, desire, loneliness, and insanity were all included. Typical of Williams' style, Streetcar portrays the main character as Blanche DuBois, a, faded Southern belle who represents the ...

(3 pages) 109 1 2.6 Sep/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Drama

"Streetcar named Desire" by Tennesse Williams.

Going... Going... GoneThroughout the course of Tennessee William's play, A Streetcar Named Desire, the character Blanche DuBois goes from being slightly mentally disturbed, to ... any case, Blanche DuBois goes through both extroverted and introverted changes through the play, A Streetcar Named Desire.Blanche's relationship with Stella suffers a negative change by the end of th ... s changes, both in her relationship with others and also within her own mind are shown throughout A Streetcar Named Desire. Within Blanche's changes one sees that they all come about from others actio ...

(4 pages) 81 1 3.0 Sep/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

"A Street Car Named Desired" by Tenneesee Williams.

The Brutish Stanley kowalskiIn A Streetcar Named Desire, Stanley Kowalski (Blanche's Brother-in-law) is one of the central character ... aid him to control his temper.Stanley's brutality is shown in several places during the play of The Streetcar Named Desire. Fore example, his first array of brutality is evident at the poker night whe ...

(3 pages) 44 0 1.0 Oct/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

"A Streetcar Named Desire" by Tennessee Williams.

on a thirty-something southern belle named Blanche DuBois and how her tragic downfall came about.A Streetcar Named Desire is set shortly after 'The Great Depression' of the 1930's and World War II in ... lgence of her "desire". Tennessee uses a metaphor to represent her journey, "They told me to take a streetcar named Desire, and then transfer to one called Cemeteries and ride six blocks and get off a ...

(9 pages) 106 0 5.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Tennessee Williams' Play "A Street Car Named Desire" an Essay about how Blanches society is the epitome of her eventual demise.

taboo for their time. An excellent example of his controversial writing is presented in the play ?A Streetcar Named Desire.? This literary work deals with such topics as alcoholism, suicide, homosexua ...

(4 pages) 75 0 0.0 Dec/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams. This essay explains how pride, love, and pity were incorporated into this drama

What do you think about when you hear A Streetcar Named Desire? Many strong emotions are probably stirring up in your mind. Tennessee Willia ... to be a worthy one. By including these truths, a great story was created. In Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire, the truths that had the most emotional meaning to me were pride, love, and p ... ide in this drama is very apparent and is a very powerful tool.Another universal truth that is in A Streetcar Named Desire is love. Throughout this drama, love was exemplified in many ways. For instan ...

(3 pages) 68 0 3.0 Feb/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American