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“The Role Of Symbolism In A Streetcar Named Desire”
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Blanche Dubois, pure yet destructive, Stanley Kowalski, loving yet primitive, and the Street Car Named Desire, a trolley that leads to death, are all symbols in Tennessee Williams’ allegory. In A Street Car Named Desire, Williams uses names, clothing, astrological signs and inanimate objects as s ....
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....ymbolizes his power and brutality, and his ability to say whatever he desires. In scene one, Stanley is described as “…a male bird among hens…everything that is his, that bears his emblem of the gaudy seed-bearer.”(29), meaning he takes pleasure in his masculinity. Stanley’s brutality, later becomes apparent when he rapes Blanche.
The trolley, Street Car Named Desire, plays an important role in the novel and symbolizes Blanche’s desire to get away from her past. Although Blanche may not know.... |
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