deck_11055064 Flashcards

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

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

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what does parnaby say blanches role is?

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

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what does kazan say about the show?(streetcar)

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

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

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

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what does steen say the duchess reveals?

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

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

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

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

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

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what does gassner argue about streetcar?

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'’poetic drama becomes psychological reality’’

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what does galloway argue? about streetcar

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

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what does krutch argue about williams?

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

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