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Williams uses plastic theater in A Streetcar Named Desire to reflect the inner realities of the characters. For example, Blanche's struggles with madness are depicted by chaotic lighting and...
In the opening scene, Blanche exclaims that “They told me to take a streetcar named Desire, and transfer to one called Cemeteries, and ride six blocks and get off at—Elysian Fields!”. Here, Williams reveals the. intimate link between Blanche’s desires and the final destruction of her fantasies.
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Around 2 a.m., Blanche and Mitch return to the Kowalski flat after their date. The large plastic statuette that Mitch carries suggests their date took place at an amusement park. Blanche appears completely wiped out. Mitch is more awake but clearly melancholy. He apologizes for not giving her much entertainment during their evening, but Blanche say...
Mitch interrupts Blanches increasingly hysterical tirade against Stanley to ask her how old she is. Caught off guard, she responds by asking why he wants to know. He says that when he told his ailing mother about Blanche, who would like to see Mitch settled before she dies, he could not tell her how old Blanche was. Blanche says that she understand...
Mitch comes to her and holds her, comforting her. He tells her, You need somebody. And I need somebody, too. They kiss, even as she sobs. Blanche says, Sometimestheres Godso quickly!
1 Scene One – Blanche defends herself against possible blame for having lost Belle Reve. At this point in Scene One, Blanche fiercely defends herself, as if Stella has attacked her for losing Belle Reve, when in fact Stella has only asked how it happened. Read from ‘I, I, I took the blows’ to the end of the speech (Scene One, p. 12).
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The streetcar named Desire introduces the theme of sexuality, and points to its relevance in Blanche’s past. The reference to Cemeteries illustrates the losses she has endured, and the street where she has arrived, Elysian Fields, is named after the Greek mythological land of the dead.
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