![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Her appearance is used to emphasise the exaggeration of her character as delicate and “mothlike”, she is illustrated in wearing all white outfits “white suit, with a fluffy bodices”, and feathered clothing “look at these feathers and furs that she come here to preen herself in”. Stanley and Blanche are the two most important characters that embody these themes as they are polar opposites and work with each other in the culmination of the catastrophic events in the play.īlanche’s didascaliae are used by Williams to further portray her illusory qualities. Tennessee Williams portrays this through the themes of secrets, revealing of truths and impact. The inevitability of death is also used throughout the play linking with the setting of the play “Elysian Fields”, the resting place of Greek heroes. All of the secrets that are revealed in the play lead to a sequence of catastrophic consequences that ultimately results in Blanche’s mental downfall. The character of Stanley is used as a tool to expose all of Blanche’s secrets and delusions as his blunt and primal nature does not allow him to be controlled or manipulated like Stella is. In ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ Tennessee Williams uses the characters of Stanley and Blanche as polar opposites who present the two sides of America: ‘the Old South vs the new America’. ![]()
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