critical views

Question 1

what does brustein say is central to the tensions of the play?

Answer 1

'’blaches struggle to achieve intamacy is central to the tensions of the play’’

Question 2

what does parnaby say blanches role is?

Answer 2

'’blanches role is as an enchantress or illusionist’’

Question 3

what does kazan say about the show?(streetcar)

Answer 3

'’this show is a poetic tragedy we are shown the final dissolution of a person of worth’’

Question 4

why do other critics say the duchess was a failure as a ruler?

Answer 4

'’she put her personal desire above public responsibility’’

Question 5

what does steen say the duchess reveals?

Answer 5

’’ an overt and dangerous female sexuality all of which threaten the social order’’

Question 6

what kind of will does peterson say the duchess possess and what does it mean?

Answer 6

’’ the duchess possesses and anarchic will’’ it mean with no controlling rules

Question 7

what does fergus parnaby argue about why blache’s situation could be her fault?

Answer 7

'’throwing herself on the mercy of stella and her brother in-law stanley is something arguable of her own making’’

Question 8

what does gassner argue about streetcar?

Answer 8

'’poetic drama becomes psychological reality’’

Question 9

what does galloway argue? about streetcar

Answer 9

’’ the roots of blanches trauma lie in her early marriage’’

Question 10

what does krutch argue about williams?

Answer 10

'’communicate emotions which have special, personal significance’’