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Streetcar named desire

Streetcar named desire. Tennessee Williams. Exploring themes. Analyse the passage given to you regarding each theme. Identify and analyse a SECOND passage which also highlights the same theme. Chance, risk, deceit. Opening of scene 3 – pg 24-25 – poker game

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Streetcar named desire

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  1. Streetcar named desire Tennessee Williams

  2. Exploring themes Analyse the passage given to you regarding each theme. Identify and analyse a SECOND passage which also highlights the same theme.

  3. Chance, risk, deceit • Opening of scene 3 – pg 24-25 – poker game • Scene 11, pg 82 – Stanley talks of luck “you know what luck is…”

  4. Truth versus illusion • Scene 9 – pg 73 – illusion of big spider “…my victims..” – black widow / tarantula

  5. Violence & cruelty • Scene 3 pg 31 – Stanley smashes the radio / then hits Stella

  6. Primitive vs civilised • Scene 2 pg 20 – Blanche tells Stanley he is primitive

  7. Desire and passion • Scene 4, pg 40 – Stella and Blanche discuss the streetcar • Scene 8, pg73 – “intimacy with strangers was all ….”

  8. loneliness • Scene 3, pg 25 Mitch says you are all married but I’ll be alone when she goes… • Opening scene, Blanche arrives alone…

  9. The past • Scene 6 pg, 56 Blanche opens up to Mitch “he was just a boy….” • Blanche’s death speech • Stella says to Stanley “you didn’t know her”.. When she was a child. • Blanche opens up to Mitch about her past…

  10. death • Scene 11, pg 85 – the death at sea speech by Blanche

  11. The south • Scene 4, pg 41 – Blanche puts down Stanley saying “there has been some progress since then…” – talking to Stella

  12. survival • Scene 5, pg 45 – Blanche says to Stella – I was never hard or self sufficient enough …

  13. madness • Scene 8, pg 69 – Blanche whispers to herself…. Speaking Spanish… • Scene 10 and 11…

  14. Love and romance • Scene 3, pg33-34 – contrasts the kind of ideal romance Blanche wants – Stanley and Stella’s love is visceral / physical / passionate / dysfunctional? Blanche wants romance, fantasy… “magic”…

  15. Exploitation of women • Scene 3 pg31 – Stanley goes after Stella • Pg 26 – women excluded from poker night…

  16. marriage • Scene 6 pg 56 Blanche tells Mitch about her marriage to Alan..

  17. Power and conflict • Scene 8 pg 65 – Stanley shows power –throws his plate, “I am the king around here”…

  18. disappointment • Scene 11 pg 86 Blanche disappointed the doctor is not ShepHuntleigh • Stella is disappointed at the end. So is Mitch…

  19. Construct your own passage-based essay questions • With close reference to this passage, discuss how Williams’ uses dramatic techniques to present his ideas on _____[insert own theme]. SCENE ___[insert own scene] __________[insert own extract]_______ • Which words in this topic are ‘instructional’ words? • What are other names for ‘dramatic techniques’?

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