That play was A Streetcar Named Desire. ... It is no surprise that Williams again turned to Mielziner to design A Streetcar Named Desire. ... Thanks in large part to A Streetcar Named Desire, the duo of Mielziner and Williams helped to change theatre. ... At the time of A Streetcar Named Desire, "it was more like an accusation" (Murphy 1). ... When it came to A Streetcar Named Desire, Kazan's collaboration did not come cheap. ...

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In "A Streetcar Named Desire," the men are seen as cruel and bitter through their harsh use of force to achieve what they want. ... In A Streetcar Named Desire, Stanley fulfils the duty of carrying the traditional patriarchal role of the breadwinner in the society of the 1950's era. ... Whereas in A Streetcar Named Desire, Stanley 's tone of voice is recognized and affects the people around him as it consists of being rough and harsh causing them to be frightened. ... Whereas in A Streetcar Named Desire, Mitch is considered of not fitting in as he is the only unmarried male out of hi...

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Tennessee Williams' play, "A Streetcar Named Desire," first opened in the late 1940's, cut line which had defined traditional gender roles began to blur. ... "A Streetcar Named Desire" debuted in the December of 1947 but was written in the year prior to its release. ... The late 1940's females were beginning to feel more and more independent and less willing to throw everything away just for a man. ...

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The most obvious symbol used in A Streetcar Named Desire is its title and the actual reference, in the play, to the streetcars named Desire and Cemeteries. They not only are the means by which Blanche was brought to the home of Stanley and Stella; as the play unfolds, we realize the names of the streetcars have a greater significance. [Blanche says, " They told me to take a street-car named Desire, and then transfer to one called Cemeteries and ride six blocks and get off at Elysian Fields"] (s.1, 6). ... (s.9, 144). ... (s.9, 148). ...

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In A Street Car Named Desire, by Tennessee Williams, Stanley Kowalski displays his brutality in many ways. ... I've discussed the aspect of brutality in A Streetcar Named Desire and now I want to compare it briefly to brutality in The Program, A book turned screenplay. ... Stanley was very manipulative, although no one in A Streetcar Named Desire was very innocent. ... This relates to many people's s relationships in present time. The first story, A Streetcar Named Desire was written in 1947 and The Program just less then 50 years later in 1993. ...

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A Streetcar Named Desire, written by Tennessee Williams, tells a story set in 1920's New Orleans, where a man and his sister-in-law meet for the first time and develop a very tumultuous relationship. ... Blanche is the guest of Stanley and Stella, and Stanley is the host, so common customs, even in the 1920's, say that each should show mutual respect toward each other. ... His decision to betray Stella and rape Blanche because of his own selfish desires illustrates his transformation into the play's villain. ... Stanley's role as A Streetcar Named Desire's villain is ...

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Streetcar Named Desire: Blanche DuBois Throughout the play, Streetcar Named Desire, written by Tennessee Williams, I discovered much symbolism. ... Later in the same scene, she describes her trip to New Orleans: "They told me to take a streetcar named desire and then transfer to one called Cemeteries and ride six blocks and get off at Elysian Fields."" ... When the man in charge, named "Mr. ... The scene when Stanley s Blanche is the beginning of the end for Blanche. ... "Desire- has led her to "Cemeteries-. ...

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A Streetcar Named Desire, by Tennessee Williams, is set in New Orleans, Louisiana. The play begins in the evening, early May of 1947, featuring a two-story corner building on an avenue named Elysian Fields, and ends in late September of the same year. ... She has just arrived as the play opens and explainsThey told me to take a street-car named Desire, and then transfer to one called Cemeteries and ride six blocks and get off at-- Elysian Fields!? ... A Streetcar Named Desire is a very intense play about people and life and various views of reality. ...

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In terms of love, it is arguable that all three texts; "Hamlet," "Sons and Lovers," and "A Streetcar Named Desire," present it as a destructive and negative force. ... "A Streetcar Named Desire" and "Sons & Lovers" are comparatively more concerned with ordinary society not that of a monarch. ... The disjointed nature of familial relationships, as shown in the other two texts, has an equal presence in Williams' "Streetcar." ... He gets inspiration, assurance, and love from his mother which, one could argue, he confuses with sexual desires. ...

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The play "A Streetcar Named Desire" by Tennessee Williams, which takes place in 1940's cosmopolitan New Orleans city, is a great example of this evolution. ... In 1940's, the gap between the social classes was obvious, whereas today classes are intermingled and the conflict has disappeared. ... For example, women who were not married over 30's used to be called "old maids". ... In 1940's people used to spend their free times with their own genders. ... As a conclusion, the play reflects the aspects of its setting, New Orleans in 1940's thoroughly. ...

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The ending in Tennessee William's play A Streetcar Named Desire in which Blanche DuBois' sister Stella Kowalski leads her off to a mental hospital by a matron and a kind-hearted doctor was indeed inevitable. ... Blanche even said that desire brought her to where she is right now. Blanche's horrid past, which traumatized her throughout the play, which she reveals to be her husband ˜s suicide with a gunshot to the mouth because of Blanche's personal disgust with him sleeping with another man. ... Blanche's desire for love and intimacy leads to her husband's d...

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One soldier in particular named Paul Berlin often thought about his life prior to Vietnam in the United States. ... They lived in awful conditions where food was limited, their names were reduced to a number, and privacy was non-existent. ... The San Bruno streetcar line bordered the camp on the east and the main state highway on the south. ... Freedom is the driving force behind Okubo's desire to remove herself from the reality, and this was not achieved without the use of her imagination. The young Vietnamese girl in The Gangster We Are All Looking For, ended up in San Diego in th...

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A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams is about the new man in the 50's who is insulted when his wives cousin starts to live with them. ... Whether you change the characters names around or write something entirely new, drama is the end result of emotion. ...

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Marlon Brando, enigmatic and virile, sported similar designs in the 1951 movie A Streetcar Named Desire. ... Inspirations of the 1950's obviously influenced designers in helping them come up with new and creative designs. ... Still his assistant, Yves Saint Laurent had an immense success with his first collection from the House of Dior and continued with his success in the 60's. ... Another famous designer during the 50's was Jacques Fath who was praised for the glamour and vivacity of hi...

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Frederick Douglass was the leading spokesman of African Americans in the 1800's. ... In New York , Frederick dropped his two middle names and changed his last name to Douglass to avoid capture (Scruggs). ... In New York, he also met a man named Mr. ... He was reluctant at first, but once he began he "felt a degree of freedom" and said what he desired with considerable ease. ... In the later 1840's, Douglass protested against segregated seating on trains by sitting in cars reserved for whites. ...

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By the 1800's slavery was an institution throughout the South, an institution in which slaves had few rights, and could be sold or leased by their owners. ... Considering these circumstances, the slave population never abandoned the desire for freedom or the determination to resist control by the slave owners. The slave's reaction to this desire and determination resulted in outright rebellion and individual acts of defiance. ... If a black solder died in the war the commanding officers would simply put another man in his place and have him answer to the dead man's name. ......

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The Sound and the Fury is a brilliantly crafted modernistic masterpiece written by William Faulkner in the 1930's. It cleverly tells the story of the Compson family from Jackson, Mississippi in the early 1900's. ... Benjy is the third child in the Compson family and was named after Mrs. ... Upon realising that their son is mentally retarded, they decided to change his name. ... Jason's place in the novel marks the turning point, from mere acceptance of destiny to a desire to change one's fate. ...

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He sets the scene for the social background for the play, describes his role in it, and introduces the other characters by name. ... Once, in high school, a boy named Jim, says Laura. ... Rose imagery and the name or word "rose" appears in numerous works. ...

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There is probably too much for things to go slightly differently than as intended and therefore pounced upon by critics eager to make a name for themselves. ... There are also other aspects claimed don't make a great deal of sense, but these are just few in what was a superb 1940's style film. ... Marlon Brando, a very well trained 'method' actor indeed had to become the abusive, conniving, smooth talking Stanley in "A Streetcar Named Desire', and subsequently played the part to critical acclaim. ...

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