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Book review Literature Tennessee Williams's A Streetcar Named Desire

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Book review, IGCSE NOTES Literature Tennessee Williams's A Streetcar Named Desire

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Extract responses
Don't use themes
85% extract 15% rest of the play
Look for rising tension


1. Step 1 - Look at broad points:
a. Dramatic reactions of one character
b. Realization of a character
c. Setting, characterisation, conflict
2. Step 2 - Search for evidence
a. Questions, tone, language, repetition, exclamations,
b. Imagery, symbols, metaphors
c. Stage directions
Themes
1. Desire
a. Sexual desire
b. Desire and Violence
c. Desire and Identity


2. Fantasy
a. Identity and Delusion
b. Fantasy vs Reality (Appearance vs Reality)
c. Lies & Deceit


3. Class and Wealth
a. Old South vs New South


4. Masculinity
a. Identity and Masculinity
b. Masculinity and Control


5. Femininity
a. Blanche & Fragility

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Tennessee Williams Streetcar Named Desire
Publisher: januari 2009 ISBN: 9780141190273 Edition: 1

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