" A Streetcar Named Desire" by Tennessee Williams Bruce, Smith. Costly Performances: Tennessee Williams, The Last Stage. New York Paragon House, 1990. Blanche Dubois: Blanche Dubois is the older ... Her name is French and she says, 'It [Dubois] means woods and Blanche means white, so the two together mean white woods. She was married to a man named Allan, who committed suicide when she was very young. She drinks and smokes and is not very trustworthy. She suffers from repeated visions of hearing polka tunes and gunshots. ... However, she is nervous and does know the things about which Stanle...

• Word Count: 688
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

I recently stumbled upon a play by Tennessee Williams, called A Streetcar Named Desire. The Gilbert Theatre is running this gem from February 13th to March 1st. I was very nervous about stepping into a theatre I've never been too, to see a play I'd never heard of. ... giving a wrenching portrayal of Blanches complete lost sense of reality. Staci Sabarsky gave Stellas' character the innocence and hopefulness the character needed. You can tell throughout the play the almost desire driven love and devotion she has for her husband. Later turning into a woman's' acceptance of what she cannot chan...

• Word Count: 670
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

In the play "A Streetcar Named Desire" by Tennessee Williams, the family is broken up due to the desires of both Blanche DuBois and Stanley Kowalski. However, Stella, Stanley's wife, also contributes to the unfaithfulness of her ... is the type to not only dote on her man but to be subservient to his every need. Throughout the play Stanley appears to hate Blanche but he harbors a secret desire to be with a woman like her. Stanley does not want to ruin his marriage, he just wants to try having someone new and exciting who has traveled and experienced life ... ...

• Word Count: 735
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Thomas Lanier Williams, known as Tennessee Williams, was a man of contradictions and clashing passions, so were his short fictions and plays. "A Street Car Named Desire" was one of his most successful and most performed plays. The title of the play has relations with the specific location; New Orleans is actually served by streetcars named "Desire" and "Cemetery". The action might be summed up as Blanche's (the main character of the play) emotional journey from desire to madness. The play is consisted of eleven scenes and scene by scene Blanche is approaching her doom. The play can be summari...

• Word Count: 793
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Blanche DuBois and Harold Mitchell (Mitch): A Romance in Disguise There will never be a Blanche and Mitch. This relationship is a disaster waiting to happen from the very beginning. I feel that these two individuals came from two totally opposite worlds. They are the most imperfect match, but Mitch and Blanche had a ground of common suffering and loneliness. They clearly are attracted to each other because as a result of their experiences with the death of loved ones. Blanche lost her husband to suicide and Mitch, the girl who gave him the silver cigarette case with the poetic inscription. Tho...

• Word Count: 977
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Harold Mitchell is a sad character as he is the person that does not benefit from the American dream that this play yet is living it. he is average all over yet he does not have any thing to make him stand out from the crowd he is not an ugly person yet he lacks any type of confidence about his looks, yet it is clear he does think about then because of the way that he talk to blanche when they are not their date he says about his cloths and he makes it apparent that he does think about what he wares and his appearance. This is a sign that he is somewhat more sensitive than Stanley as he does n...

• Word Count: 943
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School