Brief Summary Of A Scene From 'A Streetcar Named Desire'

In Tennessee Williams’ play A Streetcar Named Desire, Williams explores the internal conflict of illusion versus reality through the characters. Humans often use illusion to save us pain and it allows us to enjoy pleasure instead. However, as illusion clashes with reality, one can forget the difference between the two. When people are caught up in their illusions, eventually they must face reality even if it is harsh. In the play, Blanche suffers from the struggle of what is real and what is fake because of the difficult events of her past. Blanche comes to her sister Stella seeking aid because she has lost her home, her job, and her family. To deal with this terrible part of her life, she uses fantasy to escape her dreadful reality. Blanche’s embracement of a fantasy world can be categorized by her attempts to revive her youth, her relationship struggles, and attempts to escape her past.

The fact that she 'springs up' represents her dependence on it however alcohol can also be seen in the play to represent physical aggressiveness of the play which can be seen in scene 9 when Mitch 'places his hands on her waist and tries to turn her about' representing his attempt to rape her and also how he is beginning to take control over Blanche when he ‘tries to turn her’ and he is attempting to discover the real Blanche. He does this due to the fact that he know sees her as nothing more than a mere object in his eyes and he explains how he is going to have what he had been 'missing all summer' pursuing Blanche as no longer a potential partner but an

The definition of fate is the development of events beyond a person's control, regarded as determined by a supernatural power. Whether one has a fate, or set path in life, is often debated among individuals, religious or not. To those who believe in the Bible, fate is a sort of paradox. God gives us free will, yet God also has a plan for every one of us. Those who do not believe in the Bible have all sorts of thoughts and comments on what exactly fate is and if it exists or not. In the play A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams, everyone has a fate. Blanche’s fate is the one that comes up the most, due to the particularly nasty set of cards she was dealt. Tennessee Williams uses Blanche, her conflict with Stanley, and the outcome to

and self - pitying ways from the death of her husband and the lies of

Blanche tends to romanticize reality and she does this in this scene by saying: "We are going to be very Bohemian. We are going to pretend that we are sitting in a little artists' café on the Left Bank in Paris! Je suis la Dame aux Camilles! Vous etes - Armand! Understand French?" Not only does this indicate that she can't bear the reality of being on a date with Mitch in Stella and Stanley's Kitchen, but it flaunts her education, something Mitch has not had the privilege. This doesn't allow Mitch to have intellectual domination over Blanche.

In the beginning, it isn’t obvious that Blanche is mental instable especially since she later reveals her struggles of trying to keep Belle Reve. Even though in the beginning she breaks down when Stanley tries to read the letter from Allan Grey, this seems like a rather normal reaction since his suicide is still s0mething fresh in her mind. Later in the story when Blanche is telling Mitch of Allan Grey, it becomes apparent that there is something odd about her since she mentions how she hears the Varsouviana Polka, which then ends with a gunshot. Finally, it is revealed that Blanche lives in her own reality when Stanley confronts her (by telling her that he knows the bad reputation she has in Laurel and the action she

However, as we get to know Blanches character and situation, we begin to feel much sorrier for her and even begin to pity the situation she is stuck in. Having lost the family’s luxurious plantation house in Belle Reve, although we do not know whether this reclamation of the house is solely down to Blanche or just generally a family-wide debt issue that has forced Blanche from her home so cannot blame anyone specifically for this, Blanche has essentially ended up wandering around the area, looking for somewhere to stay before she ends up, literally on her sister’s doorstep at a last minute request. Her manic and slightly frenetic behaviour when she does arrive suggest that she is desperately nervous or getting increasingly desperate for support and some friendship, someone to rely on. She is however, a woman who is quite dramatic and emotional, as she is not someone who understands empathy. This is apparent when she has just arrived at Stella’s and is talking to her sister about where she lives. Now most people, when arriving in someone’s house at the last minute to stay there for an unspecified amount of time, would never dream of doing or saying something to insult the host. Yet Blanche, when asking Stella how many rooms there are in the apartment says ‘What? Two rooms did you say?’ in a quite demeaning and slightly insulting tone and to follow this comment up she laughs sharply, in an almost

The scene opens with two white men and a white woman standing next to an elongated, yellow vehicle. This vehicle appears to be a convertible with the roof in the open position. There is no obvious damage and it appears to be well kept. On the right side of the vehicle’s hood, a radio antenna is erected. During this scene, it appears to be night time, but there is plenty of lighting from the surrounding city.

Blanche Duboise grew up with her younger sister Stella on a wealthy plantation called Belle Reve in the south. As Blanche and Stella aged, so did the rest of their family members. When their family members began to get sick, Stella fled to New Orleans to create a new life. Stella left Blanche alone to deal with her dying family members, care for them while they were sick and then bury them when they died. This was very emotional and hard for Blanche, caring for her family members through their illnesses until they eventually died. When the last of her family had passed away, Blance could no longer pay for the mortgage thus she lost the plantation. The passing of her family and loss of her home was very emotionally damaging for Blanche

This play becomes more interesting as we read through scene 7. It starts in a mid-September late afternoon as Stella is decorating for Blanche’s birthday. Blanche is bathing as usual when Stanley comes home with some new-finds about her through his reliable sources. He tells Stella,” Things I already suspected. But now I got proof from the most reliable sources-which I have checked on” (Williams 98). He tells her that Blanche is quite famous in her town, as famous as the President of United States, but not famous in good sense. She was staying at a hotel called the Flamingo, which doesn't sound like a high class place, and had relationships with men. Stanley also tells Stella that Blanche has been banned from the hotel, as well as the town.

This is the first night after Ethan comes back from picking up his wife’s cousin, Mattie. His wife, who is unfortunately ill, is going to go to another place outside of Starkfield for the day to try and get better and more promising treatment. Ethan however, doesn’t seem committed at all to his wife. The way the narrator of the book suggests it, is that Ethan seems to have a lot of interest in this girl Mattie, despite the fact that he is never quoted saying that specifically to Mattie. I think its foolish for Ethan to jeopardize his whole relationship, especially when his wife, Zeena, needs his support the most. The part thats even more ridiculous, is that its his wife’s cousin, who’s been helping around the house for some time now. This scene

A Streetcar Named Desire continues to build suspense among every page and through every act. Scene six begins with Mitch and Blanche returning from a long night out. Blanche insists that since the man and lady of the house aren’t home yet, that he come in. She leaves the lights off while she explains to him that Stanley simply doesn’t like her. Also, she tells him the story of when she was younger and how the boy that she loved and married had cheated on her with a man. It is then the next scene and considered to be Blanche’s birthday. Stanley tells Stella many lies that he found that Blanche had dug herself into while Blanche was taking a warm bath to calm her nerves. Stella refused to believe them! Meanwhile, the three occupied chairs

That must be Blanche? I remember Stella talking about her sister once or twice, though Stella didn’t say anything about her coming into town. How rude that she’d just barge into my house like this, this is not hotel.This is getting me all worked up, I think I need a drink. What’s this? Looks like she’s already helped herself to a couple of drinks.

While drinking heavily after Mitch’s refusal to marry her, her delusional madness worsens. With very little self esteem left Blanche begins to pretend that there are people

William in his play, A Street Named Desire, portrays reality and fantasy in a clever way thought characterization and symbolism. He uses the sweet and romantic Blanche Dubois, a tormented character by her past who is always afflicted and seem to not be able to distinguish between what is real and what is her imagination, to represent fantasy. On the other hand to represent reality he used Stanley a man with both feet on the ground who is very aware of the reality of things; Stanley and Blanche throughout the play develop an antagonist relationship, we are able to see this relationship again and again throughout the play as Stanley always reminded Blanche of her situation and always brings her down as a person, furthermore,