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

Tennessee Williams A Streetcar Named DesireThe play, A street car named desire was written by an author namedTennessee Williams. His real name was doubting 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 ayoung writer was going to be something similar to the defence of thestockade against a band of peasants. A description smelling(p) 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 New Orleans which is named Elysian Fields and runs in the midst of the L&N tracks and the river. Elysian Fields is quite a poorand run down 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 difficult to like and fit in because it is much different towhere she lived before (Belle Reve). This is because Belle Reve was a very upper-class area where as New Orleans is more average, run downand has a mixed community.Blanche doesnt like New Orleans or where Stella is living. She isvery snobbish and thinks it is a dump. I thought 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 first-class by the way she is talking. I didnt mean to say 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 kept the moneyfor herself. I think you ha ve been swindled.In scene 2 there is an argument between Stanley and Blanche aboutBelle Reve. Stanley is angry because he wants proof 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.