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A Streetcar Named Desire

A Streetcar Named Desire
The play, A Streetcar Named Desire, is by Tennessee Williams. The genre is tragedy and the setting is in New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 1940's. The major characters include Blanche DuBois, Stanley Kowalski, Harold Mitchell, who was also known as Mitch, and Stella Kowalski. We learn a lot in the beginning of the play, such as the tone being ironic and compassionate practicality.
Blanche DuBois was the main character out of all the major characters. She lost her family fortune and estate along with a young husband who committed suicide a few years back. She was a social exile due to her behavior sexually. Blanche tried to cover up a drinking problem, but she did not do a good job. She played an insecure, dislocated person who tried to hide her age and panicked because she thought her beauty was fading. Her wardrobe showed us that she wore cheap evening clothes and her manner was dainty and frail. Unfortunately, Stanley Kowalski saw through her act and......


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