Tennessee Williams A Streetcar Named Desire :: A Streetcar Named Desire Literature Essays

Tennessee Williams A Street railcar Named DesireThe play, A street car named desire was written by an author namedTennessee Williams. His actual name was Thomas Lanier. He assumed thename Tennessee in 1938 because he said, the Williams fought theIndians for Tennessee. Tennessee was born on March 26th 1911 inColumbus Mississippi. When he was a teenager he realised the life of a recent writer was going to be something similar to the defence of thestockade against a band of peasants. A description reminiscent ofBlanches battles with Stanley in the street car named desire is whatTennessee was trying to refer to his own life.The play was set in spick-and-span Orleans which is named Elysian Fields and runsbetween the L&N tracks and the river. Elysian Fields is quite a poorand run heap area but unlike most other American cities, it has araffish charm. The houses mostly have a white frame, have a weatheredgrey colour with rickety outside stairsIn scene 1-3 it is all about Blanche getting used to New Orleans. Shefinds it trying to like and fit in because it is much different towhere she lived before (Belle Reve). This is because Belle Reve was avery upper-class area where as New Orleans is more(prenominal) average, run downand has a mixed community.Blanche doesnt like New Orleans or where Stella is aliveness. She isvery snobbish and thinks it is a dump. I pattern you would never comeback to this horrible place. this shows that Blanche does not approveof, or likes where Stella is living. Blanche is also implying that sheis more superior by the way she is talking. I didnt mean to consecrate that I meant to be nice about it and say Oh. this shows that Blanche knows it is a horrible place, but she didntwant to be rude, so she was meant to say Oh to make it sound as ifshe likes the place that Stella and Stanley are living in.In scene 2 Stanley starts demonstrating his dislikes for Blanche. Hedoes this because he thinks Blanche sold Belle Reve and unbroken the mon eyfor herself. I think you have been swindled.In scene 2 there is an cable between Stanley and Blanche aboutBelle Reve. Stanley is angry because he wants demonstration on paper thatBelle Reve was not sold by Blanche for herself. Blanche ends up winingthe argument by proving Stanley wrong about Belle Reve, that it wasinfact lost and not sold by Blanche.