English Literature- A Streetcar Named Desire 4.0 / 5 based on 1 rating ? English LiteratureLove through the agesA2/A-levelAQA Created by: RonanhollierCreated on: 31-05-17 11:41 When was it written? When was Williams around? Written 1947- he was around 1911-1983 1 of 14 What did Eila Kazan say? 'Everything in his life is his plays and everything in his plays is his life' 2 of 14 What did Williams suffer from? Drugs addition, sexual identity and drink 3 of 14 What distinguishes a play from a prose? Use of stage directions in a play, prose the text is narrative, the layout of a dialogue, performance: staging, set, lights, music 4 of 14 What is the Epigraph- what does it show? Love is personified in the epigraph by Hart Crane 5 of 14 What is the Scarlet Woman- Revelation 17? Characters and images are both real and symbolic- Blanche is described like her 6 of 14 What is historical context? There is very little mention of the war, postural period was a time of change, playwrights were crucial in exploring changes to national identity 7 of 14 What is the social context? Women in the South had a social and symbolic role 8 of 14 What is the cultural/political context? Tenesse saw the south as a broken and damaged place full of decay 9 of 14 What is the art and culture like in the French quarters? The play can be seen as a thriving, exuberant atmosphere 10 of 14 What ways does Blanche feel like an 'other'? Class othernesss, internally 11 of 14 When did the term teenager come about? Post-war 1950s 12 of 14 What are key themes in Streetcar? Sexuality, class, deceit/deception, decay, betrayal, insanity, gender, guilt and identity 13 of 14 What are the themes of 'otherness'? Sexuality, gender, class, race, age and religion 14 of 14
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