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streetcar context - Coggle Diagram
streetcar context
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plastic theatre
utilises props, sounds, stage directions and costumes to present poetic truths through symbolism eg blanches satin gown for sexuality
light represents truth - blanche is a sham who pretends to have sexual innocence so avoids light by the paper lantern
the blue piano - enhances the dreamlike quality of the play, shows the cyclical structure of the play as it starts and ends with the blue piano to show blanches isolation n her journey through life
locomotive sound - stanley is associated with the locomotive sound and it is present in every scene where the truth is unmasked
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could also be representative of blanches desire to escape eg when shes telling Mitch of her late husband
society
"I have only one major theme for my work which is the destructive power of society on the sensitive, non conformist individual" Tennessee williams
postwar emergence of a sense of American heroism, championing of masculinity as society values centred around family and home placing women in a more domestic role
'new immigrants from Europe considered not quite white and faced prejudice from traditionalists eg blanche
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USA and american dream
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immigrants were often attempting to escape poverty and oppression and america was the blank slate they could build on as the land of freedom and oppotunity
characters are trying to rebuild their lives post war - Mitch and stanley who served in the war and blanches affairs with the young soldiers
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