"A Street Car Named Desire"

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This paper explores the issues of character, themes and values presented in Tenessee Williams' classic play, "A Street Car Named Desire", and the manner in which Williams infused these ideas into the play. The paper specifically examines the character traits presented in the play that are expressed in the characters of Blanche DuBois, Stella Kowalski and Stanley Kowalski.

Table of Contents:
Introduction
Character
Themes
Values
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"The aforementioned line is also a foreshadowing of the events that are to come as it pertains to Stanley raping Blanche (Mermelstein). It is evident that Stanley did not have certain traditional values such as not hitting women, providing for his household and treating guess with respect. It is extremely apparent that he has no respect at all for women; he beats his wife and rapes his sister-in-law. Although Blanche often lived in a fantasy world, her feelings about Stanley were accurate and anything but delusional. Blanche recognized that Stanley did not share their "values" and attempted to get her sister to see him for who he really was."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Bloom, Harold, ed. Tennessee Williams''s a Streetcar Named Desire. New York: Chelsea House, 1988.
• Brownstein, Oscar Lee. Strategies of Drama: The Experience of Form. New York: Greenwood Press, 1991.
• King, Kimball. "Tennessee Williams: A Southern Writer." The Mississippi Quarterly 48.4 (1995): 627+.
• Mermelstein, David. "A Streetcar Named Desire." New Criterion Dec. 1998: 57.
• Saal, Ilka. "Williams: A Streetcar Named Desire." The Mississippi Quarterly 56.3 (2003): 469+.

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