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A Comprehensive Study Guide to 'A Streetcar Named Desire' & 'Persepolis'
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Enhance your understanding of A Streetcar Named Desire with this in-depth study guide! Dive into the complex characters, vivid settings, and dramatic plot twists that define Tennessee Williams' classic play. Explore the intricate dynamics of Stella and Stanley Kowalski's turbulent marriage, the tra...

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  • August 13, 2024
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Main Characters:
Stella Kowalski:
➔ Self-effacing
➔ Deferential nature
➔ Defined by her role as Stanley’s wife
Stanley Kowalski:
➔ Stanley is a macho man
➔ Married to Stella
➔ Early in the play, it is implied that he throws himself to his wife sexually while she
happily accepts.
➔ Raw
➔ Animal
➔ Violent sexuality
Blanch Dubois:
➔ Stella’s sister
➔ She was told to take a streetcar named Desire, then transfer to one called Cemeteries ride
six blocks, and get off at Elysian Fields
➔ Fading southern belle from Laurel, Mississippi
➔ English teacher
➔ Dressed in all-white
➔ Pretentious
Minor Characters:
Eunice:
Steve:
Shep Huntleigh:
➔ Dallas millionaire
Settings
Stanley, Stella, Steve, Eunice house:
➔ Two-story, white-frame
➔ faded corner building on a street called Elysian Fields
➔ Which runs between the train tracks and the river in New Orleans.
➔ The neighborhood is poor but has a “raffish charm.”
➔ Stella and Stanley live in the downstairs flat
➔ Eunice and Steve live in the upstairs house.
➔ Set in 1940


Plot:
➔ Blanche arrives
➔ Blanche tells Stella that Belle Reve (the Family plantation) was lost

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