Comparison of The World's Wife and A Streetcar Named Desire
Comparison of themes between the two texts.
- Created by: Rebekah Allanah
- Created on: 29-09-13 15:41
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- Comparison
- Gender
- Male
- Stanley
- Hegemonic, manual labour, dominant, breadwinner, abusive, traditional values
- Tiresias
- Stereotypical middle class man. arrogant, 'manflu',
- Stanley
- Female
- Blanche
- Vain and cares about appearance greatly. Appears to have feminine ideals towards men
- Stella
- Stereotypical wife, does what her husband says
- Devil's Wife
- Not maternal, cares a little about appearance
- Mrs Icarus
- Judgemental, better than him. Other women feel the same
- Demeter
- Maternal ideals
- Mrs Beast
- Against hegemonic femininity.
- Blanche
- Dependence on men
- Blanche
- Finds security in men
- Stella
- Wont leave Stanley who abuses her. Context
- Tiresias
- 'on the arms of powerful men'
- Queen Herod
- Appears to be a strong and maternal female not dependent however gets the men to do the work for her
- Blanche
- Male
- Death
- Allan Grey
- Committed suicide. His death haunts Blanche
- Mitch
- His dying mother dictates his life
- Little red cap
- Wolf eating bird symbolises death of innocence
- Eurydice
- Death is an escape from being harassed by Orpheus
- Queen Herod
- She was willing to kill many to save her child
- Anne Hathaway
- Poem about the celebration of a husband's life
- Allan Grey
- Sexuality
- Blanche
- Blanche appears to have traditional ideals but has slept with many men
- Stanley
- Uses his masculinity over Stella and Blanche, Abuse and ****
- Little Red Cap
- 'Wolf' takes her virginity. She has to give herself to him to learn from his words
- Allan Grey
- Blanche's husband. He was gay and found by Blanche with another man
- Mitch
- Attempts several sexual advances on Blanche. Forces himself upon her when he finds out about her past
- Anne Hathaway
- Shows a positive light on heterosexual sexuality. Words a way of showing love and passion
- Blanche
- Insanity
- Mrs Quasimodo
- Begins structured and composed, ends with her destroying the bells
- Blanche
- Her reality is obviously different from actual reality. Sent away because of her insanity
- Stella
- Staying with a man that hits her
- Devil's Wife
- Murderer, sections become more sketchy like her mind
- Mrs Quasimodo
- Gender
- Hegemonic, manual labour, dominant, breadwinner, abusive, traditional values
- Mitch
- Male
- Stanley
- Tiresias
- Stereotypical middle class man. arrogant, 'manflu',
- Stanley
- Mother obsession, emotional, gentleman, kind
- Male
- Death
- Allan Grey
- Committed suicide. His death haunts Blanche
- Mitch
- His dying mother dictates his life
- Little red cap
- Wolf eating bird symbolises death of innocence
- Eurydice
- Death is an escape from being harassed by Orpheus
- Queen Herod
- She was willing to kill many to save her child
- Anne Hathaway
- Poem about the celebration of a husband's life
- Allan Grey
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