Tennessee Williams uses symbols to help communicate his ideas in A Streetcar Named Desire. ... Clothing is a recurring symbol in A Streetcar Named Desire. ... Death, as told by Blanche, is the opposite of Desire, and Blanche wishes to be desired. ... The streetcar named Desire leads to a streetcar named Cemeteries, and both of the most important characters suffer death in one way of another. ... Symbols and imagery help Tennessee Williams express this desire to his audience, and, without them, his play would not have enjoyed the success it has....

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The purest language of plays" - just by studying 'A streetcar named Desire" the reader can identity the numerous symbols Williams' uses to add depth to the plot as well as unveil his characters' personalities, strengths and weaknesses. ... Light, animal characteristics, music and the streetcars Desire and Cemeteries are symbols that Kazan puts emphasis on in the film just as Williams does in the play to lead up to the climax of Blanche's disintegration into insanity and Stanley's brutal triumph over her. ... "They told me to take a streetcar named Desire and then tr...

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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). ... Another symbol in the play would be the light. ... Bathing is a symbol that was also us...

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In the play "A Streetcar Named Desire" by Tennessee Williams, there are several prevalent themes. ... This is allegorically represented through Blanche DuBois's riding of the streetcars named Desire and Cemeteries. ... In "A Streetcar Named Desire", Tennessee Williams states that one can not shield himself from the harshness of reality by creating a fantasy alternative. ... The light is a logical symbol of reality for several reasons. ... Tennessee Williams uses his play "A Streetcar Named Desire" to demonstrate the problem one faces with creating a fantasy. ...

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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, except for Blanche, Stanley, Stella and Mitch, all others could be classified as minor characters. ... This essay attempts to compare and contrast the presentation and function of minor characters in A Streetcar Named Desire. ... The poker is a symbol for the game of life, and Stanley is the triumphant victor. ... The figure of Shep Huntleigh acts as another symbol of Blanche's inability to overcome reality. ... The importance of minor characters in A Streetcar Named Desire is unquestionable. ...

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Tennessee Williams' play A Streetcar Named Desire shows the tensions between reality and fantasy, common sense and imagination, and between male and female. ... She says," They told me to take a streetcar named Desire, then transfer to one called Cemeteries[]get off at Elysian Fields!... Blanche got on Desire, the streetcar and rode it to get to where she wanted to go. ... After the analysis of major characters, it has been determined that A Streetcar Named Desire properly demonstrates this. ... Last but not least, Blanche is a symbol of the path that she chose to go down in life: de...

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The characters make A Streetcar Named Desire an undeniable landmark in both American literature and film. ... By being associated with a streetcar, desire is taken off its pedestal (where people crave it and submit to its demands) and is placed with an unfortunate vulgarity of the world. ... The viewer recognizes through this symbol that Blanche wants her old self to remain anonymous. ... The streetcar ravaged the family, but in the end the ridding of Blanche brought an equilibrium back that had been disrupted for those months. ... - the name of that rattle-trap street-car that bangs th...

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The characters make A Streetcar Named Desire an undeniable landmark in both American literature and film. ... By being associated with a streetcar, desire is taken off its pedestal (where people crave it and submit to its demands) and is placed with an unfortunate vulgarity of the world. ... The viewer recognizes through this symbol that Blanche wants her old self to remain anonymous. ... The streetcar ravaged the family, but in the end the ridding of Blanche brought an equilibrium back that had been disrupted for those months. ... - the name of that rattle-trap street-car that bangs th...

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Blind Desire Desire: it drives you, pushes you forward in life, and only by satisfying this yearning will happiness be possible. ... When examined closely, the main characters in A Streetcar Named Desire each have individual desires, and each exhibits a type of blindness. The theme of A Streetcar Named Desire is the search for fulfillment, but these searches are misguided, because the characters are unable to grasp reality. Blindness to reality and desire for fulfillment play a crucial role when analyzing A Streetcar Named Desire. ... She is dressed completely in white, a symbol of innocenc...

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This is clear in Streetcar by Blanche's denial of certain acts of her past. ... It is because of her cultured, old-fashioned ways she treks not from "a streetcar named desire to Elysian Fields", but from desire to dementia. Blanche DuBois's collapse in A Streetcar Named Desire takes place because she cannot cope with the clashing of her fantasies vs. ... In A Streetcar Named Desire, there is a combination of raw reality and deliberate fantasy between Stanley Kowalski and Blanche DuBois (Riddel 24). ... Fantasy colliding with reality creates a series of conflicts throughout Streetc...

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Robert Frost poems, "A Road Not Taken" and "Mending Wall" and Tennessee Williams play "A Streetcar Named Desire" explore similar ideas and concepts to one another only both vary in how the message is received by the audience due to the form in which the texts are written.Frost's poetry and William's play both explore the choices we are faced with, the barriers we put up between people and how our decisions ultimately affect our future. A Streetcar Named Desire tells the story of Blanche Dubois's arrival to stay with her sister Stella Kowalski who claims to be given a ...

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Laura in The Glass Menagerie and Blanche in A Streetcar Named Desire are the most outstanding examples. ... Those glass animals stand as a symbol of Laura herself. ... She even trusts him with the unicorn of her glass collection, a symbol of herself. ... Blanche DuBois, in A Streetcar Named Desire, is one of Williams's heroines who live under a cover of illusion. ... He tears off the paper lantern that has been put on the light bulb, a symbol of Blanche. ...

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"Paul's Case," by Willa Cather, is about a teenage boy named Paul who despises his common, dreary life. ... Perhaps the most interesting symbol used in this story is the recurring use of flowers. ... The flowers signify Paul's desire for beauty, and, at the same time, his fragility. ... The symbols of theater, weather, and flowers create real images that dramatically show Paul's confusion with life. ... These symbols give us a better understanding of Paul's conflict and his life. ...

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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. Quentin suggested the biblical name Benjamin, which is usually shortened to Benjy or Ben. ... At the conclusion of the novel, Luster gives Benjy a narcissus, a traditional symbol of Christ in order to quieten him. ... 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. One character in particular, the gentleman caller, Tom singles out as a symbol of unrealized hope. ... Once, in high school, a boy named Jim, says Laura. ... Rose imagery and the name or word "rose" appears in numerous works. In The Glass Menagerie, roses appear as the nickname and symbol for the Rose character in her happiest (though most painful in their ultimate outcome) moments: those in which the one boy she ever cared for pays her some regard. ...

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The 1950s through the 1950s was a turbulent time in history. At the end of the Second World War, many political and international changes came about. The world had to rebuild drastically after such an unstable and deleterious decade. As a result, the Cold War became a topic of much controversy a...

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