Southern belle Study guides, Revision notes & Summaries

This essay explores how Blanche Dubois is a representative of the old, Southern, aristocratic upper classes. It draws a contrast between Stanley Kowalski, a lower class industrial worker, and Blanche DuBois, a fallen Southern Belle.

Explores how Tennessee Williams has portrayed the upper class and lower class in his play A Streetcar Named Desire, with Blanche representing the old Southern upper class and Stanley representing the developing lower classes.

Explores how Tennessee Williams has made use of props and stage directions in this play to provide the audience insight into Blanche’s character and psychological state as well as develop her character. The conclusion drawn at the end of this essay is how props and stage directions contribute to Blanche’s character and what we can understand about Blanche through the symbolism used in the play.