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A streetcar named desire . By Tennessee Williams. Tennessee Williams. Early life. Career . Personal life. Works and awards. Quotes. “Why did I write? Because I found life unsatisfactory.” “We're all sentenced to solitary confinement inside our own skins, for life.”
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A streetcar named desire By Tennessee Williams
Tennessee Williams Early life
Quotes • “Why did I write? Because I found life unsatisfactory.” • “We're all sentenced to solitary confinement inside our own skins, for life.” • “There's a time for departure even when there's no certain place to go.”
Main characters • Blanche Dubois
Arrival and accommodation • First conflict with Stanley • The comeback of the past • The departure
Symbols and suggestions • Belle-Reve • Elysian Fields • Polka tune • Silver Cigarette Case • Blanche’s trunk • Bathroom • New Orleans • Bus ticket
Quotes • “I've always depended on the kindness of strangers.” –Blanche • “I don't want realism. I want magic! Yes, yes, magic! I try to give that to people. I misrepresent things to them. I don't tell the truth, I tell what ought to be the truth. And it that's sinful, then let me be damned for it!” -Blanche