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ASND - Stella Kowalski - Coggle Diagram
ASND - Stella Kowalski
APPEARANCE
Blanche: 'You’re all I’ve got in the world, and you’re not glad to see me!... You’re just as plump as a little partridge!'
Blanche’s words reflect her tendency to focus on physical appearance, while Stella seems more accepting of the changes in her body, indicating that she’s comfortable with her role as a wife and soon-to-be mother.
'Plumpness' - contrats with different viewing of womanhood = Blanches fading beauty and anxiety about aging.
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Represented as 1940s housewife who lacks freedom to express herself and is subjected to male superiority and hegemonic masculinity.
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THEMES
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STAR
Symbol of light, a beacon of hope and as it is never changing, stability
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UTTERANCE AND DIOLOGUE
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Submissive language
'it's going to be all right again between you and me, the way that it was' - Stella frequently tries to soothe him even when his behaviour is dangerous and violent reflecting gender dynamics. He needs reasurance.
Exchanging chaining - When Blanche first comes she akes control over her younger sister not even letting her speak. Not equal utterances
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MOTIFS
PREGNANCY
The common mention throughout the play suggests fullness and fertility, contrasting with Blanches sense of decay and fading beauty
Symbolising new beginings and a form of stability in her life with stanley in the new south. Shift from her aristocraic background.
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