Blanche Stuart Scott

more insecure. Females tend to feel more insecure than males, which is why they crave attention from males. In a Streetcar Named Desire, Blanche struggles with her inner beauty and her change in lifestyle. In the shower she sings “Say, it’s only a paper moon (Fitzgerald 1960),” a moon symbolizes beauty, but a paper moon symbolizes fake beauty. Possibly, Blanche sees herself in this song which is why she continues to repeat it, but does not want to admit it her falsehoods. Her actions through the…

about a former high school teacher, Blanche Dubois, who moved in with her sister and husband, Stella and Stanley. Blanche Dubois has been through many difficulties in order to fulfill the emptiness that is within her. Her young husband, Allen Gray committed suicide, she lost Belle Reve, and she lost her stature in Laurel. The driving force behind these actions were the empowerment of her desires. Williams uses allusions to develop the theme of desire as seen in Blanche and those allusions are…

In the play, Blanche seems to be the most desperate character. In the beginning, she is described as beautiful, proper, and aging southern belle that is moving to New Orleans. After a personal and financial downfall, she is seeking to start a new and better life with her younger sister, Stella, and her husband, Stanley. Her character seems emotionally lost throughout the whole play. She is unable to escape her past and is constantly fighting with herself on what is reality and the truth. Despite…

Streetcar Named Desire" two of the main characters Blanche and Stanley persistently antagonize one another; their differences eventually evolve into the rape of Stella Dubois. Stanley is reality in the play; Stanley is shown as a manly, simple character that is charming to Stella and in some instances even to her sister Blanche. Blanche who had been care giver for a plethora of dying relatives at Belle Reve has been forced to sell the family plantation. Blanche is total opposite of Stanley…

Gender Roles in a Streetcar Named Desire Tennesssee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire tells the story of Blanche Dubois as she arrives in New Orleans to visit her sister. Throughout the play, we see her sanity diminish until her departure. In this play, the theme of gender roles is explored through the representation of the male and female characters and through the symbol of the poker night. Williams shows the theme of gender roles through the characters and how they react to the different…

Who is one that can break a curse? Stanley. From beginning to the end, the curse changes from valid to invalid. But that’s not all that changed. From unlucky to fortunate, desperate to accepting, and careless to considerate, Stanley changes internally with the help of Zero. In the beginning of the book, Stanley is careless, unlucky, and desperate. With the curse against Stanley, he is bound to have bad luck, but this time, “He’d just been at the wrong place at the wrong time.” (Sachar 7).…

supporting it. Throughout Tennessee Williams’ hit play, A Streetcar Named Desire, the marginalization of women, homosexuals, and the mentally unstable is a strong motif within the text. Individually, the characters of Stella Kowalski, Allan Grey, and Blanche DuBois represent these three marginalized social groups, respectively. Growing up as a symbol in itself of marginalization, Williams utilizes these three characters to emphasize the struggles of silenced social groups in the mid-1940s.…

student Blanche, having grown up in Belle Reve, is used to a totally different culture than to that of New Orleans. This can be shown when Blanche questions Stella and asks if the types of people in New Orleans are “heterogeneous-types?” By heterogeneous types, Blanche is referring to the diversity of class and race. Back in her hometown, people are typically…

Despite their polar opposite upbringings, Blanche DuBois and Stanley Kowalski in Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire share similar qualities that cause them to frequently bump heads with each other. They dislike the same qualities in the other that they have in themselves. For both characters, their passions and desires dictate their actions throughout the play. Both Blanche and Stanley express their feelings passionately, causing a blurred line of reality. These qualities and…

"A Streetcar Named Desire" by Tennesse Williams, Blanche Dubois is one that brings awareness to herself using her past life. From examining Blanche's depression, bad luck, and sensitivity, it is clear that Blanche Dubois draws sympathy from other in "A Streetcar Named Desire." Blanche uses depression from her past life to make others feel sympathy for her. After Blanche reunites with Stella, they begin to talk and catch up with each other. Blanche tries right away to make Stella feel bad for…