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streetcar genres - Coggle Diagram
streetcar genres
melodrama
a melodrama is widely used to describe a play with violent actions, virtuous or wicked characters
blanche depicts a promiscuous character, sister to stella who is with a violent man well below her class, who is determined to rid himself of blanche
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the unities
in classical drama, there are three unities established by aristotle
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from the 15th century, the unities were criticised, but still provide a framework for playwrights
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the play adheres to the unities of place and action, not time
morality
when streetcar was first staged, many critics thought of it as immoral
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in scene one, blanche changes from the streetcar desire to cemeteries, showing the moral message of sin
in scene 4, the conversation between the sisters is explicit about the brutal desires that decide their choices
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