Monday, 25 January 2016

Setting

Vibrant, multicultural, diverse, loud, rustic, liberal

- Port city "Vitality, fertility and variety"
- Chaotic environment - hurricanes

1940s - lawful racial segregation
Segregated facilities not considered unequal until 1954

Why New Orleans?

1938 - Tennessee lived there - went to seek acceptance as a gay guy

Lax, liberal

'It's as if New Orleans is a character in this play, one that holds the anxieties..."

Stanley represents - modern masculine world
Blanche - aristocratic and rural - old world

Racial variety of characters
The area is poor with "raffish charm"

In essay ALWAYS MENTION SETTING!

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