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a streetcar named desire (symbol (varsouviana polka (plays when B is…
a streetcar named desire
protagonist
Blanche
when she was 16, she married an effeminate young man who turned to be homosexual. He killed himself. Blanche is still haunted by his death.
She is not taking a leave from her school due to her nerves, but she has been fired for having an affair with her student.
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Blanche is repulsed by Stanley, yet finds herself almost hypnotically attracted by his physical power.
thirty years old, was a high school English teacher in Laurel, Mississippi until recently forced to leave her position
Stella
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calm, reasonable foil to Blanche’s frenetic hysteria
soothing, feminine voice that counteracts Stanley’s violence
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Stanley
full of raw strength, ferocity, violent masculinity and animal magnetism
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theme
sexual desire
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much of B's conception of how she operates in the world relies on her perception of herself as an object of male sexual desire
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symbol
the streetcar
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So desire is a controlling force ; when it takes over, characters must submit to its power and they are carried along to the end of the line
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bathing
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temporary respite, she can never escape the past
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alcohol and drunkenness
Stanley
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he grows increasingly physical, violent and brutal
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