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    would encompass the idea that a person’s past transgressions will, indeed, haunt his future. F. Scott Fitzgerald and Tennessee Williams use this theme in some of their greatest works. In both Fitzgerald’s “Babylon Revisited” and Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire, various literary devices are used in order to establish the cohesive, coalesced theme. In “Babylon Revisited,” the story is told from the perspective of the audience, however, it follows Charlie Wales, a man with a reckless background. After

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    Philip C. Kolin, an English critic and author, hailed Streetcar as: “the most creative new play….the one that reveals the most talent, the one that attempts the most truth. Not surprisingly, Streetcar quickly became a staple on the world stage, one of the major theatrical experiences and experiments of the twentieth century” (Kolin2). Streetcar Named Desire was published just after World War II. When the play came out, the country had just emerged from the war after struggling through the Great Depression

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    In the novel Hidden Figures, the characters face many challenges do to their race and gender. In the early to mid nineteen hundreds, Women working was quite unconventional exceptional if they were African American. Therefore when NACA and Langley decided to start hiring African women, as the United States was midst a war, it was a step into greater equality. Similar to these ideas, the play A Streetcar Named Desire deals with the ideas of women equality and the dominance men have on them. The themes

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    or another; all have a different way of coping- some do it in a healthy way and others in a way that will ruin them. Tennessee William’ way of coping from his trauma was writing. This led him to created ​A Streetcar Named Desire-​one of his better known works.​ A Streetcar Named Desire is a play constructed of pieces of his past childhood.; the play is constructed of a symbolism of his family, aggressive diction, and conflict to be used as a stage for William’s broken, beaten down mind.

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    A Streetcar Named Desire, written by Tennessee Williams, was first performed on December 3rd, 1947. Chronicling the actions and events that take place when two sisters are reunited, A Streetcar Named Desire is regarded as one of Tennessee William’s most successful plays. Likewise, “Blank Space”, written and performed by Taylor Swift, was first performed November 23rd, during the 2014 American Music Awards. “Blank Space” spent 22 weeks in the top 40 charts and is featured on the best selling album

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    Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams Tennessee Williams, an American playwright, has been known as the most prominent American southern dramatist. He won his first Pulitzer Prize with Streetcar Named Desire. In this play, Williams shows the need for belief in human value against the natural realistic world. He uses symbols to develop the characters and theme of illusion verses reality within Streetcar Named Desire. The two main characters are Blanche DuBois, an aristocrat

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    Psychologytoday.com). This demonstrates the principle that individuals in interpersonal relationships become vulnerable to being used by one another. In the cynically written stories of The Great Gatsby, and A Streetcar Named

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    Williams' Use of Imagery and Symbolism in A Streetcar Named Desire Williams uses figurative language in his lengthy stage directions to convey to the reader a deeper, more intense picture than a description alone could express. In the opening stage direction Williams illustrates the area around Elysian Fields. He uses personification to describe "the warm breath of the brown river" (P1). I think this creates an atmosphere that is decaying yet at the same time welcoming

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    Parallels in William’s Life and A Streetcar Named Desire and Glass Menagerie              Tennessee Williams is one of the greatest American playwrights. He was constantly shocking audiences with themes such as homosexuality, drug addictions, and rape. He broke free from taboos on such subjects, paving the way for future playwrights. He also was a very good writer. One of the things he is famous for is his dialogue, which is very poetic. Williams wrote about his life. The Glass Menagerie

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    Tennessee Williams is named a great American playwright for a number of valid reasons. His unique gifts bring to life plays that captivate the audience whether they are reading or watching the story. A distinguishing feature of his writing is his use of parenthetical italics. Tennessee Williams uses parenthetical italics to create tangible characters in A Streetcar Named Desire, to convey themes of truth and illusion in The Glass Menagerie, and to create a more immersive experience for his audience

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