The name of that rattle-trap street-car that bangs through the Quarter, up one old narrow street and down another…. Desire, then Cemeteries, then Elysian Fields. Sex, death, the afterlife.
Sex leads to death, or at least some heavy-duty wreckage. Here are a few examples:. Blanche is somehow under the impression that sex is her escape from death. She turned to sex to comfort herself after her husband died, and after her relatives passed away one by one. Blanche feels betrayed by Stella, the only person she has left who actually cares about her and 'is so good to her '. Stella left Blanche to 'take the blows in her face and in her body' by herself, so that she could get into 'bed with her Polack', as Blanche claims.
Hence she feels abandoned by her 'precious little sister'. But as Blanche is a tragic heroine, the audience can only expect her to end up 'lost' and 'lonely'. Desire is the main thread that runs throughout the play; it entangles its characters in it. Streetcar is 'a cry of pain' as Arthur Miller rightly said, and 'forgetting that, is to forget the play'. The title, having originally been 'The Poker Night' was appropriately changed.
For me, no play was evermore suitably titled than 'A Streetcar Named Desire'. Get Full Access Now or Learn more. See related essays. Although in retrospect, the character of Stanley is very devious and calculating, although sometimes is appears as if he says things without thinking, I generally think he considers what he is going to say in depth, as to give the impression of not 'wasting' any breath, as if the people in his company aren't worthy of him.
All of these 'primary colours. This shows this scene has got Stanley's stamp into which Blanche will walk in with her delicate colours. I said stand up! This affected Williams' writing of SND because the death toll of the war had been extremely high, post war spirits were low.
Stanley does not fall for her intimidating and self - pitying ways from the death of her husband and the lies of her wealth, the use of polka is premeditated to knowingly be brought to the audience that only they and Blanche hear it due to her change in mood and actions.
Stanley and she would have gotten along better if she would have been frank with him during their first encounter. Blanche made a grave mistake by trying to act like a lady, or trying to be what she thought a lady ought to be. From that moment in the play he becomes obsessed with finding Blanche's weakness, so as soon as he discovers that she has committed sexual indiscretions in Laurel and senses her feelings of guilt, he immediately acts.
The conflict between these two characters, as well as between Blanche and her sister. A dramatic tension is illuminated, as this is one of the many lies that Blanche intends. However, whilst this feeling of doubt is merely an underlying tension in the audience who know that "one's not only her limit", but the audience humours this lie because at this point in time earnestness and authenticity is not apparent.
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Desire is a controlling force: when it takes over, characters must submit to its power, and they are carried along to the end of the line. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:. Scene 1 Quotes. Related Characters: Blanche DuBois speaker. Related Symbols: The Streetcar. Related Themes: Sexual Desire.
Page Number and Citation : 6 Cite this Quote. Explanation and Analysis:. Scene 4 Quotes.
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