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A Streetcar Named Desire

A Streetcar Named Desire

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Rating: 4 stars
Summary: A Very Dramatic Play
Review: I found interesting to see, how the story changed during the play. First I thought the visit of Blanche was just a normal one. But I found out, there is a lot more about it, it has probably been an escape from her old place. But the rumours follow her to New Orleans. More and more the story gets strange and Stanley becomes the person responsible for what happens. This I found well done. The end, when Blanche is taken to the lunatic asylum, fits very well with the rest of the plot.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: A very well written play
Review: It was very interesting to compare realitiy and illusion. The most impressive person for me was Blanche. She is a person who is still looking for love and keeping, but she is not able to find it. The characters are very different and that's the most important point in that play. It's clear to realize the pessimistic character of the author in that play like in The Glassmenagerie. The person I was not able to explore was Stanley, he is a man with self-security and force, but also in a way like a brutal animal, which can not control his instincts. The play shows the way how to try or find the reality in the world. It is very hard for the reader to accept the fact that Blanche should go with a jacket, even though we will know: Now she won against reality, illusion confirms her life. At the end the reader has to imagine the future of all those persons, he has to fill the opened. Tennessee Williams was able to show the contrast of reality and illusion and shows us a part of a pessimistic world we often won't accept!!!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: A student's opioin
Review: The book was very interesting to read, which I am suprised at. Usually I do not enjoy plays so when I pick up this book I was surprised to not be able to put it down. Tenesse Willams is a wonderful writer. You can't wait to find out what happens after Blanche arives into town and the lies and craziness starts. I reccomend this to anyone who needs a good book.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: A Students opioin
Review: I usually do not like to read plays because I find it much easier to watch the charaters act it out on the screen, so when I read a Streetcar Named Desire for class I was a little skeptical at first, but by the time I finshed it became one of my all time favorite books. Once I started to read this book I could not put it down.......no joke(I finshed it the same night). I recommend this book to anyone that is looking for a good outside reading book.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: hard hitting drama of the century
Review: one of the top three of this century. a depiction of Man, the caught woman in society and her resulting psychosis, and the effect it has on one and all. be kind and give your copy to a stranger once you're done.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Laden with passion and scandal
Review: Anyone who've seen the film most likely remember it for Marlon Brando's character Stanley screaming for his wife in an alley, "Stella!" They remember the anguish in his face, his turgid stance, his primal yells for the woman he loves. This is a very well written play. The story is about Blanch Dubois, a southern belle who comes to live with her sister Stella. Blanch immerses herself into a fantasy world with a "paper moon", not coming to terms with her diminishing looks. No one suspects her except for Stella's husband, Stanley, who at first sight, doesn't take well to Blanch. Williams writes with starkness but maintains his lyricism. Reiterated, an excellent play.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: an emotional rollercoaster
Review: It's amazing how much of its original power this play has maintained even though by all accounts it should be dated by now. After all, we have come far, have we not, from the south in those backwards years? Or have we? This was one of the works that we read in my AP English class this year and I was surprised how well a group of 11th graders were able to identify with the sexual tension, the deceptions, the characters and the plot. Blanche's hopeless situation is still quite poignant and Stanley's animal magnetism is something all of them could relate to. After reading the play countless times (and seeing various performances), I can say that this short play packs quite a wallop. Williams fits in a myriad of human emotions into this one short play. If for some reason you missed this one, read it and then rent the movie with Marlon Brando. With memorable characters like Stanley, Stella, Blanch and Mitch who have made their way into our everyday vocubulary, and a sizzling dialogue, it's a lasting work. The movie Body Heat is the closest modern parallel I can think of in terms of setting and mood.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: classic of American theatre
Review: translates well into movie form as well. Williams' best work.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Great, Groundbreaking Play
Review: Anybody who cannot appreciate the literary genious of Streetcar, both the brilliant play and the incredible movie version with Marlon Brando and Vivien Leigh, cannot appreciate good literature. The style and themes of the play including sex, relationships, desire, and failure were and are groundbreaking themes when the play debuted in its era. The relationships explored in this text are ones that stand for all centuries and decades making this a classic in every and all generations.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Williams's Intense Desire
Review: Tennessee Williams's masterfully written drama explores the extremes of fantasy versus reality, the Old South versus the New South, and primitive desire versus civilized restraint. Its meager 142 page spine is no indication of the complexity and significance that Williams achieves in his remarkable work. A strong aspect of the play is Williams's amazingly vivid portrayal of desperate and forsaken characters who symbolize and presumably resolve his battles between extremes. He created and immortal woman in the character of Blanche DuBois, the haggard and fragile southern beauty whose pathetic last grasp at happiness is cruelly destroyed. She represents fantasy for her many outrageous attempts to elude herself, and she likewise represents the Old South with only her manners and pretentions remaining after the foreclosure of her family's estate. The movie version of A Streetcar Named Desire shot Marlon Brando to fame as Stanley Kowalski, a sweat-shirted barbarian and crudely sensual brother-in-law who precipitated Blanche's tragedy. He symbolizes unrestrained desire with the recurring animal motif that follows him throughout the play. A third major character, Stella Kowalski, acts as mediator between her constantly conflicting husband and older sister. She magnifies the New South in her renounce of the Old pretentions by marrying a blue collar immigrant. Conflicts between these and other vividly colorful characters always in light of the cultural New Orleans backdrop provide a reader with a lasting impression and an awe for Williams's impeccable style and intense dialogue.


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