Junior English
Midterm
"Literature
Essay
"A Street
Car Named Desire" by Tennessee Williams
Q: Discuss the theme of reality vs. illusion as
it applies to this play.
In Tennessee Williams play, "A Streetcar
Named Rosie," a major theme is reality
vs.
illusion. The theme deals with
Stella's reality and Blanche's illusions, where Stella
deals with her
reality, Blanche creates illusions to forget hers.
Stella's reality belongs with Stanley, in their
little apartment, with sex as their
stronghold. Although Stella was brought up through
different surroundings she's happy
with her life
with Stanley. She's not ashamed to admit
that she and Stanley came from
two very
different worlds. She realizes that he
is crude and violent at times but she deals
with it and moves
on. An example that she accepts her life
with Stanley is when he
became violent
with her that poker night. Yet she still
chose to stay worth him
eventhough
Blanche gave her the choice of leaving with her.
On the other hand Blanche deals with her
realities by creating illusions. She
created the
illusions of her life in Laurel as being a successful, will respected woman,
when
she was really a
tramp. Her illusions are so intense that
its to the point that it affects real
life. An example is her decorations to Stella's
apartment which creates a dim surrounding
to help hide her
true appearance. Unlike Stella, Blanche
is afraid of her reality. She is
afraid of getting
old which is which she puts covers on the lamps
to dim the lights. She's
afraid of being
alone, which was why she tried so hard to keep Mitch from finding out
about her past.
In conclusion, although Stella and Blanche were
brought up in the same
environment, they
matured differently. Stella deals with
her reality and doesn't try to
cover it up with
lies, unlike Blanche who creates illusions to cover up her problems and
fears. Junior
English Midterm
"Literature
Essay
"A Street
Car Named Desire" by Tennessee Williams
Q: Discuss the theme of reality vs. illusion as
it applies to this play.
In Tennessee Williams play, "A Streetcar
Named Rosie," a major theme is reality
vs.
illusion. The theme deals with
Stella's reality and Blanche's illusions, where Stella
deals with her
reality, Blanche creates illusions to forget hers.
Stella's reality belongs with Stanley, in their
little apartment, with sex as their
stronghold. Although Stella was brought up through
different surroundings she's happy
with her life
with Stanley. She's not ashamed to admit
that she and Stanley came from
two very
different worlds. She realizes that he
is crude and violent at times but she deals
with it and moves
on. An example that she accepts her life
with Stanley is when he
became violent
with her that poker night. Yet she still
chose to stay worth him
eventhough
Blanche gave her the choice of leaving with her.
On the other hand Blanche deals with her
realities by creating illusions. She
created the
illusions of her life in Laurel as being a successful, will respected woman,
when
she was really a
tramp. Her illusions are so intense that
its to the point that it affects real
life. An example is her decorations to Stella's
apartment which creates a dim surrounding
to help hide her
true appearance. Unlike Stella, Blanche
is afraid of her reality. She is
afraid of getting
old which is which she puts covers on the lamps
to dim the lights. She's
afraid of being
alone, which was why she tried so hard to keep Mitch from finding out
about her past.
In conclusion, although Stella and Blanche were
brought up in the same
environment, they
matured differently. Stella deals with
her reality and doesn't try to
cover it up with
lies, unlike Blanche who creates illusions to cover up her probl
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