Critical Perspectives Flashcards
What does Margeret-Lent say William’s prevents Blanche from being and why?
Williams prevents Blanche from inhabiting the realm of the tragic herobecause of his own culturally ingrained mysogyny.
What does Vlasopolos say Blanche’s deconstruction is a demonstration of?
A demonstrationof William’s sympathy for her circumstances and condemnation of the society that destroys her.
What does Koprince say in ‘domestic violence in streetcar’ about Stella’s nature?
Stella’s subservient nature is typical of the ‘battered housewife’ of the post-war era
What does Magdic say in ‘gender stereotyping in Tennessee William’s’ about Stella and her life?
Stella escapes her old life, only to create an exact version of it in New Orleans due to her continued silenced agency under Stanley
What woould a Nietezschean interpretation tell us about the characters of Blanche and stanley?
It would look at the Apollian Blanche (who represents imagination and purity) and the Dionysian Stanley (who represents pleasure and choas) and realise that when they operate at two extremes, Blanche will get lost her imagination and constant quest for purity and Stanley will be destructive
What did Adams say that Elias Kazan (the original director of the play) direct the play to portray?
To portray stanley as the ‘physical victor’ and blanche as the ‘moral victor’
What type of male is mitch in comparison to Stanley?
Mitch is the beta to stanleys alpha male.
What does Thompson say Blanche tries to do with mitch from the begining of their relationship?
‘From the begining of their relationship, blanche attempts to devote mitch to the romanticised stauts of allan grey’
