Friday, 27 November 2015

A Streetcar Named Desire is a play about power

Do you agree?

Stanley
Stanley has masculine power - power of men at the time
The lexical choices/ choice of adjectives are violent and show that Stanley is physically powerful

Blanche
Blanche describes Stanley as common to demean him and undermine his power and assert her own

Stella
Stella is physically controlled by Blanche - Stella accepts this
The power shifts between Stella and Blanche

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