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    frequently form who we are as people. In more cases than not, this is particularly the case for women. As women are expected to fill one particular mold in their culture, it gives the impression that the world needs the typical role to stay together. In other words, if a woman breaks from her cultural norm, she will be the cause of it’s unraveling and see exile or punishment coming her way. When women realize that this obedient, nurturing, feminine role is an illusion, there are two things that can

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    The subject of sexual orientation has drawn consideration of the women 's activist studies with the production of Simon de Bevour 's The Second Sex (1949) and her strong affirmation that one is not conceived a lady: but instead gets to be one ' (cited in Freedman, 13-14). This has driven women 's activist commentators to a refinement between physiological and social personalities of ladies. The term sex ' came to be comprehended to allude to the organic body called ladies; while, sexual

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    Truth can be defined as the quality or state of being true, but Tennessee Williams uses truth in a way that the characters do not even know their own truth. In A Streetcar Named Desire, Williams use of expressionistic techniques in scene three, defines the characters for the audience to get a deeper understanding. Tennessee Williams conveys dialogue and symbolic props to illustrate to the audience Mitch’s truth which he cannot articulate and Blanche’s constant need of a bath and alcoholism to conceal

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    show off to possible suitors. The description also says “suit"; a suit is generally wore by a man; a suit wore by a woman would be seen as a sign of power, that she was equitable to any man. It could, however, be taken another way; the same reason women wear makeup; a façade. Blanche is a fake woman, someone who is “50% illusion” and in love with “magic.” With

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    A Streetcar Named Desire Marriage is a union between a man and a woman. In the past people saw marriage as a purpose to maintain a house and family. It was viewed differently back then. Women were used to depend on their husbands in a marriage. We see a same theme in the story “A Streetcar Named Desire”. It is similar to “The Yellow Wallpaper”; there is not much difference in both stories. You can see that the both stories are about the dominant personality of man in the marriage, where the women

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    background. This heralded a string of successes including -A Street Car Named Desire(1947),Cat on a hot Tin Roof(1955), Sweet Birth Of Youth (1959).Tennessee Williams , a young playwright who is not ashamed of being a poet, has given us a superb drama known as -A Street Car Named Desire (Chapman 29). He was believed to be a homo-sexual. The play- A Street Car Named Desire reflects-multilayered psychological problems ,women who is utterly lonely . It is a psychological well made play (a play that

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    traits are usual but anyone would find when observing the dissimilarities among the main characters of the movie “A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams” that people are not same. The movie’s main female characters are Blanche Dubois and Stella Kowalski. These sisters are very dissimilar in countless ways, from their behavior, and approach, to their views regarding the action of women. Although, they matured up together and were raised by the same people. Their relationship is a major example of

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    Is Blanche Dubois a victim of her own? In Tennessee Williams's play “A Streetcar Named Desire”, Dubois becomes a liability to herself. Dubois is more of a victim to herself than to a victim of another because she is self-destructive and has trauma issues. Dubois often conceals herself. She never steps out anywhere and she can not hide her real looks. Dubois said ”turn that over-light off! Turn that off. I won't be looked at in this merciless glare!” (as cited in Tennessee Williams, 1947, pg. 11)

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    The Line Between Reality and Fantasy In the play A Streetcar Named Desire (ASND) by Tennessee Williams, one of the big themes from the play is the theme of illusion. Stella, Stanley, and Blanche allow illusion to shape and control their lives because they all see it as the best way towards happiness. Blanche’s life is an illusion because she wants to believe that she is still young, beautiful, and innocent while trying to hide from her past. While the role that illusion plays in Stella’s life

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    Desire May Lead to Destruction In the play Streetcar Named Desire, Tennessee Williams shows Blanche as a symbol of a Southern lady, the pinnacle of a civilization. In the forties, upper-class southern women's expectations were based on a Victorian model of a woman. The perception was that women did not express their sexuality and wore clothing that did not expose any body parts. Also, women did not have many roles except for a housewife, and two appropriate jobs as a teacher or a nurse. Blanche is

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