Streetcar Named Desire :: A Streetcar Named Desire Essays

Streetcar Named DesireTennes strike Williamss play A Streetcar Named Desire contains to a greater extent within its characters, situations, and story than appears on its surface. Joseph Krutch, author of Twentieth Century Interpretations of A Streetcar Named Desire wrote, The authors perceptions remain subtle and delicate The final pictorial matter left is, surprisingly enough not of sensationalism but of refinement (38.) As in many of Williamss plays deeper meanings are understood only by dint of close examination of each scene. The reader must ask him or herself as they go whether or not something might lend much than what lies on the surface.The t cardinal is set immediately in scene iodine when Blanche begins by telling Eunice, They told me to take a street-car named Desire, and then transfer to one called Cemeteries and ride six blocks and get mutilate atElysian field (15) Here you can clearly see that Tennessee is not meaning these places literally, quite they are sym bolic of the stages Blanche will follow throughout the play. She first takes, a street-car named desire when she falls for her lost love -----, and afterwards, plagued by her own inadequacies Blanche escapes her caustic world by giving herself freely to other men strangers. even out her behavior toward Stanley is littered with telltale slips, the part blanche talks in french to Stanley saying that she wants him or something. After desire Blanche transfers to (a streetcar) called Cemeteries. One can see where the Cemeteries might lie in Blanches life. It seems that every time desire fails Blanche is in some way left unprotected, cold and alone. In scene five Blanches drink, foams over and spills on her pretty white skirt, (80) warning the reader of what lies ahead. Finally Blanche is to get off at Elysian Fields, which makes it very clear that an eventual loss on Blanches part is inevitable. Joseph Krutch writes, Though there is in the play a legitimate haunting dream-li ke or kind of nightmarish quality, the break with reality is never quite made, and nothing happens which might not be an actual event. How align on not only Blanches part, but each of the characters. The play is so raw and in-your-face that it almost takes on qualities of a fantasy, especially at the time of its debut. But Tennessee was able to create a play that rather expertly walked the fine line between illusion and reality a task not easily accomplished.