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A Streetcar Named Desire Tennessee Williams Chapter 8

A Streetcar Named Desire Tennessee Williams Chapter 8. Synopsis. Three people are sitting at table, it is Blanches birthday. Blanche breaks the silence and the tension to ask a question, “I didn’t know any refined enough for your taste”.

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A Streetcar Named Desire Tennessee Williams Chapter 8

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  1. A Streetcar Named DesireTennessee WilliamsChapter8

  2. Synopsis • Three people are sitting at table, it is Blanches birthday. • Blanche breaks the silence and the tension to ask a question, • “I didn’t know any refined enough for your taste”. • Stanley throws a tantrum, which results in physical violence and causes problems between everyone. • Stella knows something about Mitch not coming, but she wont tell Blanche. This results in Mitch being called. • Stella goes out to the porch, Stanley and her reinforce there “love” by hugging. Stanley talks to Stella about the old times, how it is going to be the same. • Stanley reveals the ticket to Laurel, Stella runs to the bathroom. • Stella and Stanley argue, then Stanley realizes that she has almost become sick because of these issues they are going through.

  3. Character DevelopmentStanley Stanley has Developed: • Negativity • Aggression /Emotion

  4. Blanche / Stella have Developed: • Stronger Personality • Determined Characteristic • State of mind

  5. Language Used • The language used in this play includes a lot of metaphors. For example. • There are all talking about candles which Stella had just put on, she says “candles always burn out in little boys and girls”. • In scene eight there is one scene where Stanley comes straight out, there is no metaphor, he tells us “Every man is a King, And I am the king around here, so don’t forget it”.

  6. Imagery Imagery in this play consist of: • COLOURS – The men's shirts are all coloured to suite there emotions and there feelings. • The lights that are coloured • (blue – depression)

  7. Sound • SOUND – Sound plays a major role • The varsouviana plays in Blanches head- State of mind. • The songs are added in causing more tension between characters or just one character.

  8. More language used? • "El pan de mais,El pan de mais, El pan de mais sin sal” • She speaks in Spanish, she talks about a day where the Spanish remember their dead relatives. It is all in relation to her homosexual, dead husband and plus she is going mad at this point in the book.

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