Context

Question 1

How long after the civil war was A streetcar named Desire written?

Answer 1

100 years

Question 2

What was the civil war?

Answer 2

Between northern and southern states about the abolishment of slavery.

Question 3

What can New Orleans be described as?

Answer 3

Champion of diversity
influx of immigrants

Question 4

What was there a shift of in New Orleans?

Answer 4

Industrial economy

Question 5

Who represents the intolerance towards the different?

Answer 5

Dubois

Question 6

Who represents the liberal south?

Answer 6

Elysian Fields

Question 7

How does the play, play into southern literature?

Answer 7

With names like William Faulker and Eudora Welty

Question 8

What type of play can it be considered?

Answer 8

A tragedy play

Question 9

What type of theatre does this play include?

Answer 9

Expressionist theatre

Question 10

What is expressionist theatre?

Answer 10

A theatrical movement that emphasises intense emotions, abstract concepts and physical performance.

Question 11

What developed the American dream during this time?

Answer 11

WW2 developed American heroism for the working class.

Question 12

What was post world war’s ideas of gender in America?

Answer 12

Championed masculinity
Enforced ideas of traditional families

Question 13

How does Williams present gender in A streetcar named Desire?

Answer 13

Establishes conventional gender types
Twists some notions of masculinity and femininity

Question 14

How is blanche presented?

Answer 14

Masculine with sexuality and arrogance

Question 15

How are Mitch and Gray presented?

Answer 15

Effeminate with their sensitivity

Question 16

How was 1940’s America with racism?

Answer 16

America was not free of racial prejudice and discrimination.

Question 17

How does Williams present racism with European immigrants?

Answer 17

Kowalski and Dubois conflict

Question 18

How does Williams show the prejudice second generation europeans faced?

Answer 18

Through blanche’s racism and xenophobia.

Question 19

What does Stanley receive prejudice for?

Answer 19

Class status

Question 20

What was happening in the post Harlem renaissance era?

Answer 20

Segregation was prevalent but being contested.

Question 21

What was America founded on?

Answer 21

Puritan and christian principles

Question 22

How is Puritan and christian principles evident in a streetcar named desire?

Answer 22

Prejudice against homosexuality and sexual immorality.

Question 23

What was happening in the twentieth century?

Answer 23

Reverting back to christian values.

Question 24

How does Williams critique conventional notions of morality?

Answer 24

Through double standards of sexuality.