Checklist for Streetcar:StagecraftPlastic theatre – space (the apartment, the poker scene, Stanley’s invasion of space, portieres, bathroom, end of the play when Blanche has to walk past the men), sound (Varsouviana polka music, train, gunshot, blues music), colour (beginning stage directions, Blanche’s ‘whiteness’, poker scene – men in bright colours), lighting (paper lantern, afraid of bright light, poker scene)Stage directions – often detailed and very specific – Williams’ clear aim with the direction of the play ‘tragedy with the classic aim of producing a catharsis of pity and terror’Liminality – portieres, bathroom, scene 10 – the blending of interior and exteriorSymbolism – cleansing (blanche desire to rid herself of sin and allan’s death), varsouviana (as a reminder of her past and the inevitability of her demise), Stella and Stanley’s child (a symbol of the future and Stella’s decision to embrace the future), New Orleans/Elysian Fields (irony of the name, idealised American Dream)Expressionism vs realism – Williams pushed drama into new fields where he broke away from purely realistic playsIllusion vs reality … is a key feature of Williams’ dramaturgy …Beyond the lexical levelKey entrances and exitsLanguageStylized monologue of Blanche – reflection of her profession as a teacherAdjacency pairs, dialogue patterns, breakdown of Blanche’s speech, Stanley’s monosyllabic demands, his sarcastic, declarative speechMasculine language vs feminine languageGenreTragic downfall of Blanche in the expositionTropes – fall in status, social isolationSympathy for outsider and vulnerable – Williams’ vocalised sympathy for the ‘outsiders’ of society ‘tragedy with the classic aim of producing a catharsis of pity and terror’ – WilliamsSouthern gothic – Blanche + the notions of masculinity and femininity Context:Southern Belle – daughters of plantation owners in the Antebellum era, both Stella and Blanche were this but Stella easily lets go of this Blanche clings on to traditional ideas of a Southern Gentleman Williams’ ‘defence of the old south’ and sympathy for the outsider, he was gay in a time where this was unacceptableHis boyfriend of two years (Pancho Gonzalez) influenced the character of Stanley and the scene where he throws the radio out of the windowHe was depressed and an alcoholicWilliams’ father as an alcoholic, Mother as a Southern BelleAmerica post-ww2 led to a rise in industrialism and social change e.g. masculinity and the connotations of war and strength, capitalism, working class manPost-civil war – social tensions between north and south, bleak climate of the 1940sAmerican Dream – unattainable, idealised belief that all men are born equal by birth and can prosper – Huey Long, Louisiana governor New Orleans as multicultural and a haven for immigrants in the south American was founded on puritan ideals

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Year: 1940s

Region / City: New Orleans

Topic: Theatre, Southern Gothic, Symbolism, Social Change, American Dream

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