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    own -unhappy personal family 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

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    A Street Car Named Desire takes place in New Orleans, Louisiana shortly after the Great Depression. Throughout the story, you will see the author Tennessee Williams incorporate his own life experiences into each character. Two character's that will be focused on is a young, soft hearted woman named Stella. Whom comparatively, has characteristics resembling his mother. Coupled with Stella is Blanche, Stella's mentally unstable sister, who is often creating lies to cover her dark past; likewise

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    and Sisters no matter how close they are, siblings will ultimately disagree with each other. In Both Antigone and A Street car named Desire we have these 2 female characters Ismene and Stella are put into a situation where their ideals or plans clash against their equally formidable male powers. Blanche is one of the 2 most important characters' in A Street car named Desire she is Stella's more cultured and sophisticated sister and tome complex character in the play. When Blanche first meets Stanley

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    Street Car Movie vs Drama Comparison Tennessee Williams composed “A Street Car Named Desire”, that opened as a Broadway show in 1947. The show was an instant hit on Broadway, until 1951 when Elia Kazhan adapted the play into a film. As expected with the transition from the play into movie scenes they have their differences. Just as when J.K. Rowling was forced to limit the amount of information transferred into the Harry Potter movies due to restrictions and time restraints. Tennessee Williams

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    to both repress or revive the past. This trend ends up being expressed in the two novels, A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer. To repress the past a character would try to prevent what had happened from happening again while reviving the past would be to bring back what had previously happened. In A Streetcar Named Desire the main character, Blanche DuBois who is a teacher ends up moving from Mississippi to live with her sister

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    A street car named desire? In What ways is Sexuality portrayed as central to the conflicts of the individual-v-society in Ken Kesey's 'One flew over the cuckoo's nest' and Tennessee Williams 'A street car named desire'? The capacity of sexual feelings within the individual is central to both the development and fundamental basis of any significant character. As observed in both 'One flew over the cuckoos nest' (AKA Cuckoo's nest) and 'A Street car named desire' (AKA. St. car) sexuality

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    and romantic delusions which may have lead to her eventual downfall, the role Stanley ended up playing with his relentless investigations of her past and the continuous revelations of it, the part society and ‘new America’ played in stifling her desires and throwing her into a world she could not relate to or abide by. Firstly, the reader may initially feel Blanche is completely responsible or at least somewhat to blame, for what becomes of

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    that can lead to progressive uncertain outcomes. Every player that plays the game must play ultimately the hand they are dealt. Men and women have been playing such a social game of sexual politics for centuries. In the Play called, “A Street Car Named Desire” written by Tennessee Williams. Blanche DuBois the sister of Stella Kowalski arrives unexpectedly, which upsets the aesthetics beauty and spirit of life that Stella and Stanley Kowalski presently live in as husband and wife. A real game of chance

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    The Play “A Street Car Named Desire,” was written byTennesse Williams in 1947. This is a tragedy that begins in 1947 in the French quarters of New Orleans after the tragic hero, Blanche Dubois, is forced to move from her family home of Belle Reve in Laurel, Mississippi due to poverty. Blanche suffers from a form of psychosis that makes it difficult for her to deal with reality. She often hears a music play when ignoring the truth of a past issue or something she sites not believe. She struggles with

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    In Tennessee Williams “A Street Car Named Desire” the illusions of fantasy inability to overcome reality have allowed an individual to cope with doubtful experiences in need to escape is evident through the character Blanche. Blanche conflict leads her to act upon promiscuous activities in need to fulfil her desire to cure her loneliness but instead, she neglected her morals and became a social outcast. I have chosen to illustrate images in my comic based on Scene 5 to present the internal conflict

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