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A Streetcar Named Desire All Answers Correct [Stanley carries his bowling jacket and a red-stained package.] S1 ️️Theme: Man and Masculinity Literary Device: 1. Characterization of Staley. 2. Red - Stained: Its symbolic for his masculinity and Stanley's "primitive" masculinity. Meaning: • FIRST TIME the audience is introduced to Stanley. • The bowling jacket is an indirect characterization of sort as it portrays his manly nature and the red stained further sym...

The essay question answered in this document is “In the social world of the play, we are made to think more about the insecurity of males than the powerlessness of females.” To what extent would you apply this view to both ‘The Duchess of Malfi’ and ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’? This is an A* grade essay with the teacher's comments added in red.

A full, in-depth A* essay plan exploring the theme of setting in Tennessee Williams' play, "A Streetcar Named Desire", for the Pearson Edexcel A-Level English Literature.

A full, in-depth A* essay plan exploring the theme of masculinity in Tennessee Williams' play, "A Streetcar Named Desire", for the Pearson Edexcel A-Level English Literature.

A Streetcar Named Desire - Quotes A Streetcar Named Desire - Quotes "They told me to take a street-car named Desire, and transfer to one called Cemeteries, and ride six blocks and get off at—Elysian Fields!" ️️*Blanche DuBois to Eunice and Negro woman upon arriving at Kowalski apartment, Scene 1* Desire and death are two aspects that became important in the latter part of Blanche's life. The literal death of her husband along with the metaphorical death of her social lif...

A Streetcar Named Desire Context Verified Guide TENESSEE WILLIAMS (General) ️️Thomas Lanier Williams, born in 1911 Mississippi Abusive and bullying father, who was a hard-drinking travelling salesman called Cornelius Coffin Williams Highly strung + snobbish mother, Edwina, daughter of a clergyman Family moved a lot during his childhood- restless and unsettled throughout his adult life Studied journalism at the University of Missouri- his friends there nicknamed him 'Tenness...

A Streetcar Named Desire Verified A Tragedy ️️Tragedies evoke the disillusionment and agony of life. Tragic protagonists are destroyed by their own self-destructive tendencies, or by external forces over which they have no control- nature, rivals, society, war, poverty, illness. Their downfall and death often seem predestined. Comedy ️️Comedies reflect the foibles, contradictions, and confusions of man and society. They may be broadly funny and playful, wry and cynical, or sati...

A Streetcar Named Desire Verified A+ Dramatic irony ️️the audience knows something the tragic heroine does not. scene 7: "Blanche is singing... contrapuntally with Stanley's speech" Williams enhances the audience's empathy for Blanche by audibly juxtaposing her ignorant bliss with Stanley's savage attacks. While Blanche enjoys her fantasy world obliviously, Stanley destroys it. Freytag's narrative structure ️️exposition (introduces characters, setting, actions...

My A* revision notes on "A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE" by Tennessee Williams for A Level English Literature