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ASND time and place - Coggle Diagram
ASND time and place
Place
New Orleans: Elysian Fields, Kowalski appt
Diverse, representative of the 'New America' and industry (see Stanley's job)
'a certain raffish charm'
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Negative aspects: violence, esp domestic violence, is normalised and the setting seems overtly masculine. Contrasts with the calm, genteel Southern countryside where Belle Reve presumably was
Elysian Fields - place in greek mythology, an afterlife for heroes
Laurel, Hotel Flamingo, School
Blanche's struggle with finding a place in society, lowest point as she is forced to leave
Moon Lake Casino
death of her husband, catalysed her decline into madness
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Belle Reve
Blanche's identity of a Southern Belle, contrast to New Orleans
Ruin, the site of the du Bois family's deaths: Southern Gothic
time
the past
the du Bois (both), Stanley's service in the war
the present : New Orleans, New America
the future: the baby, Blanche's bleak future as an outcast
Essay Plan
The Past: Laurel, Salerno/the war (more briefly): Lasting Effects of conflict in the past
The Present: New Orleans, masculinity?
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Topic sentences
In Streetcar, Williams dramatises a conflict between times and places - between Belle Reve and New Orleans, which in turn reflect different time periods, the romanticised Old South and postwar 1940s America.
Williams uses time and place to contextualise and drive the narrative of Blanche's descent into insanity.
The Blanche's timeline - life in Belle Reve, move to Laurel, New Orleans, and the final ambiguity
Williams comments on socio-political conflicts in a domestic setting with his use of time and place.
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The use of the Kowalski apartment as the main setting allows Williams to delve into the past, future, and the delusions of Blanche's mind
ideas of location - you can hear the blue piano, locomotive, the hectic and chaotic surrounding catalyses Blanche's delusions and fantasies, layout of the apt - bathroom, the portiers instead of doors
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