Essays on Streetcar

Tennessee William displayed a new kind of theater when he wrote the play A Streetcar Named Desire. William was an American playwright who was considered as one of the best in the twentieth century. He wrote A Streetcar Named Desire in 1947, a book that was regarded as his best work of all times. The play’s main cast is Blanche DuBois, Stanley Kowalski and Stella Kowalski (Williams). The theme of Illusion v. reality is displayed in the play, and the author uses it to bring out the importance of telling the truth, no matter how ugly it is ...

In A Street Car Named Desire and The Great Gatsby, Tennessee Williams and F. Scott Fitzgerald present characters who are destroyed by the worlds they live in. The settings of the stories prevent the protagonist’s dreams from being realized thus destroying their lives and later leading to their demise. In The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby fails to achieve the genuine love he spends his lifetime searching for because he ends up all alone. On the other hand, in A Street Car Named Desire, Blanche fails to find human compassion and kindness in the society she lived in. Therefore, ...

The theatre has provided the avenue critical assessments of the society over the years. In addition, many writers are able to express the inner critical review of the society as a whole. in the past, writers have delved into using the theatre as a social commentary to reach a wide array audiences. Most playwrights are popular for their extensive use of language as a powerful tool in transforming literature into the vehicle for progressive social engagement. The doxa or the popular beliefs in the society forms the framework for much of the works presented in the theatre as it ...

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Urban growth and development can be attributed to all changes that engulf the particular urban setting (Jacobs 78). Moreover, the increase of an urban city should be planned for, lest social evils, as well as uncontrollable urban population and congestion, can ensue. Apparently, Toronto is an urban area that has grown rapidly over time, creating concerns about the future of urban planning, to cater for growing population, pollution, and urban traffic. Since the early 1970’s, Toronto has made the use of subways, buses and streetcars to ease congestion in the city, and also to provide an ambient environment ...

Throughout our lives, we grow up thinking that we know about some things, but up reading and doing research; we either confirm our notions or find out that they are misplaced. John Henslin, in his book ‘Sociology; A Down to Earth Sociology’ shares the social realities that shape the world around us. Our interactions with people enhance our knowledge and get different perspectives into issues that affect us each day. In this paper, I will discuss some notions I knew about culture, social class as well as bureaucracy. I will also discuss the things I never knew.

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In 1854, Elizabeth Jennings was forcefully thrown out of a whites-only streetcar in New York (Anderson 28). The only reason for being ejected out of the horse-drawn streetcar was that she was black. At that time, segregation was common in the public transit systems of New York City. Black people had to travel in different public transport systems from white people. However, on that material day, Elizabeth Jennings remained adamant when the conductor ordered her out of the streetcar. With the help of a police officer, Jennings was evicted out of the car (Anderson 28). The most significant challenge ...

World War II made a deep impact on the USA. Although no direct battles took place on the American soil, all phases of American life were affected by the war. The USA took extraordinary efforts to match tactics and strategy with the allies and waged war against the Axis powers consisting of Germany, Japan, and Italy. Within a matter of few years, the country turned into an "arsenal of democracy" producing and supplying the weapons used in the war. The country experienced a total overhaul of social and economic patterns that set a new trend of life in the USA (Unger and Tomes ...

The renowned Steel Bridge is a double deck structure that has a vertical-lift and is also known as through-truss. It goes across the Willamette River in the city of Portland in the United States and was opened in 1912, so it recently celebrated its 100th anniversary. The bridge has the dual function of carrying rail and bicycle traffic on its lower deck whilst the upper deck is dedicated to road traffic. This innovative arrangement makes the bridge extremely innovative and the fact that it has an independent lift continues to emphasise its prominence as the second oldest vertical lift bridge in ...

Maya Angelou’s “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings”, published in 1969, is an autobiographical look into the coming-of-age years of the African-American author. Throughout the novel, Angelou’s discusses themes such as racism and segregation that she experienced, simply for being African American. She also discusses experiencing displacement throughout this period in her life, living in seven different homes in a relatively short period of time. There is also an overwhelming theme that speaks to Angelou’s resistance to racism; all of these culminated to form Angelou’s social identity. She covers many different events that helped shape ...

In A Streetcar named Desire, the American society has been explored in great depth on its social values post the Second World War. The frequent conflict between Blanche, a fired teacher and Stanley, her sister’s husband has been used to expose the status of the American society in terms of beliefs, values, character and perception of various ideologies within the context of a normal American family setting. The play delves much into defining America, who belongs to America and who does not, the beliefs that create America and the struggles of the characters used represent the struggles faced by the ...

Absurdism as a worldview theory is a part of the philosophy of existentialism; and as the fundamental philosophical concept it was firstly developed in the work of Albert Camus “The Myth of Sisyphus”. As a system of philosophical views, it claims the lack of meaning of human life (the absurdity of life existence). According to the absurdism, people have been trying to find the meaning of existence throughout their history. Traditionally, these attempts have ended in one of two ways: man has come to the conclusion that all life is senseless or he has started to understand that everything is predetermined by ...

A town center should be a place where one can walk, with open air multi-use development that is designed around a clearly identifiable public realm. Town centers are used for retail, leisure, dining and residential purposes. Retails are successful for example in eastern Colombus unlike downtown Colombus, is an example of a successful town center, Eastern Columbus was built in a green field, and has 15 million visitors a year, and this was in 1993. It had inviting public place and filled with people. There are other people however who do not like places filled with people and prefer town centers with no ...

In a Streetcar Named Desire, Blanche DuBois is a conflicted character who lives in a fantasy world to avoid the ugliness of her life. When she declares “I don’t want realism, I want magic!”, she is being serious. She has rejected the real world in favor a place where her fantasies (magic) provide an escape from the ugly reality that is her own existence. At the beginning of the play, Blanche is unbalanced, lying and drunk. It is not until the end of the play, after being raped by Stanley, that Blanche goes completely insane, but it is obvious throughout the play ...

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The streetcar named desire is a play by Tennessee Williams, which he did in the year 1947. It is a play that is among the three of his best works and has earned various awards due to the fact that it has influenced many people and has been successful both critically where it had many positive reviews as well as commercially. The play involves three main characters that the playwright has effectively used to develop the plot and bring out major important themes. These characters include Stanley, Stella and the protagonist Blanche. The play has been developed mainly depicting the life ...

The aim of this essay is to present you with a portrait of Blanche DuBois, the leading female figure of the play ‘A Streetcar named Desire’ written by Tennessee Williams, a widely acknowledged theatrical writer whose works have been greeted with lots of admiration and enthusiasm. Most of his works have been generating tones of enthusiasm and admiration, attracting people’s interest constantly ever since their first appearance on stage. Some of his roles like the one of Stanley or Blanche in ‘The Streetcar named Desire’ or the one of Kim Cattrall in ‘The sweet birth of youth’ have been considered ...

The aim of this essay is to present you with a portrait of Tennessee Williams, a widely acknowledged theatrical writer whose works have been greeted with lots of admiration and enthusiasm. Most of his works have been generating tones of enthusiasm and admiration, attracting people’s interest constantly ever since their first appearance on stage. Some of his roles like the one of Stanley or Blanche in ‘The Streetcar named Desire’ or the one of Kim Cattrall in ‘The sweet birth of youth’ have been considered great challenges for actors and actresses respectively, hoping to be given the chance to represent a ...

When the play “A streetcar Named Desire” by Tennessee Williams was published in 1947, the gender roles in the American society were witnessing a shift. The two world wars and the resultant economic strain had forced the society to allow women to fill in many job positions which were traditionally considered to be men’s jobs. But once the war was over, the men again tried to dominate and tried to push the average woman into her domestic sphere. Written in this period, this play aptly captures the essence of the relationship between the genders, and their mutual dependence and ...

The installation of the streetcar revolutionized 19th century urban planning in walking cities like Cleveland because they allowed the decentralization of the population. Before the streetcar, cities were laid out so that people could walk from their homes to their jobs and to shop. This made for a concentrated, dense business and residential center. When the street cars were installed it let the cities spread out so that the business could form commerce districts and people could get in and around in them from more spacious residential areas because streetcars let people ride further in ten minutes than they could ...

One of the best plays which have been written in America is” A Streetcar Named Desire”, written by Tennessee Williams in 1947.the play is set in New Orleans which creates a nice mood of sensuality. The summary of the plot of the play is all a bout a man who lives with his sister in law. (Kernan, A, & Harold, B. 78). The man lived with his wife but unfortunately they develop conflicts among themselves which is port6rayed in the better part of the play. The two characters in the ply called Stanley and Blanche were much willed in the play and Williams ...

Today there are two different headlines over the news that seem to give opposite information. One common headline tells us that peak oil has been reached and oil is not going to last forever. The story under the headline usually gives information about living a more environmentally sustainable lifestyle by switching to alternative fuels. On the other hand, there are other headlines declaring that there is plenty of oil because petroleum companies are taking advantage of deep sea drilling and sand tars. Our science courses tell us that there is only so much fossil fuel because the amount depends upon ...

This essay deals with the notion of naturalism in Tennessee Williams’ play A Streetcar Named Desire. Through a realistic portrayal of characters and their suffering due to social issues which are out of their control, Williams managed to create deeply believable characters the audience can very easily connect to. Since the idea of naturalism in drama is exemplified in the notion of realness and truthful portrayal of a situation, this drama offers plenty of examples of naturalism, such as Blanche being a relic of the old South which is dying, and Stanley being the new, emerging, animalistic working class antagonist, prone to ...

Camus was a philosopher who debated absurdity and the meaning of life. His basic premise is that human life is absurd. According to him, the choices we make as humans about the lives we lead are verging on the ridiculous. He theorises, however, that the combination of human beings and the universe are what make both absurd. While Camus has some valid points within this topic, the only solution appears to be abolishing the application of reason to the universe, which is impossible to do due to the intrinsic connection between human beings and reason and, therefore, absurdity seems impossible ...

This landmark play is set in the South when in its years of decline and is a landmark play by Tennessee Williams. Two interesting characters which I wish to discuss are Blanche Dubois and Stanley Kowalski who in their own ways demonstrate the delusional Southern grandeur which mask their problems of alcoholism and general despair. This is truly a portrayal of American identity in a subterfuge manner. Dubois is perhaps a typical Southern woman who is faced by depression and the fact that she is no longer the woman she once once in a fast declining South which is faced by high unemployment ...

In the play, ‘A Streetcar Named Desire,’ by Vanessa, is an illustrative portrayal of male superiority visa a viz their female counterparts. In the event, when Stanly breaks the plate, they were in Blanche’s birthday party. The trio: Stanly, Stella and Blanche. As they conversed and went on partying together, Blanche attempts to make up a joke about a swearing parrot and a priest, yet nobody gets amused then, Stella made an interjection; she says that her husband is too busy and tells her husband Stanly to clean himself up then help her clear the table. This aggrieved him and in ...

The author, Thomas Lanier "Tennessee" Williams III, was an American writer that worked mainly as a playwright in the American theater. He also published novels, poetry, short stories, screenplays, essays, and a great volume of memoirs. He received most of the top theatrical awards for his works on the stage, with A Streetcar Named Desire receiving the great Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1948. Up to date, he is considered among the best known classical writers in the American fields of theatre. Most of the themes dominant his works (loneliness, desire, sickness, death, alcoholism, depression, etc) are mined from his ...