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DESIRE

Passion. Lust. DESIRE. Hot! Hot! Hot!. A Streetcar. Named Desire. Tennesse Williams. Born Thomas Lanier Williams Father- Cornelius Williams was a shoe salesmen that was an absent and emotionally abusive father

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DESIRE

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  1. Passion Lust DESIRE Hot! Hot! Hot!

  2. A Streetcar Named Desire

  3. Tennesse Williams • Born Thomas Lanier Williams • Father- Cornelius Williams was a shoe salesmen that was an absent and emotionally abusive father • Mother- Edwina was a loving but smothering woman. She was the daughter of an Episcopal minister and lived the life of a Southern belle

  4. Biography Continued w  Sister- Rose, Williams’ older sister, was emotionally and mentally unstable and was later lobotomized. She was an inspiration for much of his work w Williams struggled throughout his wife with depression, drugs and his sexuality (which he later embraced) w Tennessee Williams choked to death on the lid of a pill bottle in 1983

  5. One More • Williams was a critically acclaimed playwright, winning two Pulitzer Prizes (A Streetcar named Desire and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof) • He was a “poetic realist” who used everyday objects that when seen repeatedly and in certain contexts, become imbued with symbolic meaning

  6. SETTING New Orleans

  7. The Where and When ·  The story takes place in New Orleans – sets the mood of the story ·  Old world French architecture meets new world (growing sound of Jazz ·  Old Chivalry meets the animal instincts of desire and procreation ·  The facade of upper class refinement meets the growing lower class blue collar worker ·   Post World War II

  8. Characters

  9. Stanley Kowalski – Stella’s husband • Stella Kowalski – Stanley’s wife, Blanche’s younger sister • Blanche Dubois – Stella’s older sister • Harold Mitchell (Mitch) – Stanley’s friend, interested in Blanche • Steve Hubbell – Friend of Stanley’s, lives above the Kowalskis • Eunice Hubbell – Wife of Steve, friend of Stella’s

  10. CONFLICTS • Blanche’s fantasies vs. Reality • Blanche’s fantasies vs. Mitch • Blanche’s superiority vs. Stanley’s ego • Stella’s love for Blanche vs. Stella’s dependency on Stanley

  11. THEMES/TOPICS • Fantasy/Illusion vs. Reality • The Old South transforming into the New South • Cruelty • Primitive and the Civilized • Desire • Loneliness

  12. Stella!!!!!

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