Reading Drama Tennessee Williams A Streetcar Named Desire
![Reading Drama: Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire David Watson Reading Drama: Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire David Watson](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image/72006c7a3a34fa3ab144aee432e4fa10/image-1.jpg)
![A play is written to be performed. A play is written to be performed.](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image/72006c7a3a34fa3ab144aee432e4fa10/image-2.jpg)
![Which of the following is the real A Streetcar Named Desire? Which of the following is the real A Streetcar Named Desire?](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image/72006c7a3a34fa3ab144aee432e4fa10/image-3.jpg)
![A Streetcar Named Desire film poster A Streetcar Named Desire film poster](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image/72006c7a3a34fa3ab144aee432e4fa10/image-4.jpg)
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![Ingmar Bergman’s A Streetcar Named Desire Ingmar Bergman’s A Streetcar Named Desire](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image/72006c7a3a34fa3ab144aee432e4fa10/image-6.jpg)
![Set of A Streetcar Named Desire (opera), composed by André Previn Set of A Streetcar Named Desire (opera), composed by André Previn](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image/72006c7a3a34fa3ab144aee432e4fa10/image-7.jpg)
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![Scene from 1974 production of Streetcar with a black Stanley and white Blanche Scene from 1974 production of Streetcar with a black Stanley and white Blanche](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image/72006c7a3a34fa3ab144aee432e4fa10/image-9.jpg)
![Elements of Drama 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) Character Plot and Structure Stage and Elements of Drama 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) Character Plot and Structure Stage and](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image/72006c7a3a34fa3ab144aee432e4fa10/image-10.jpg)
![Characterization Since drama frequently does without a narrator, characterization is often indirect. It takes Characterization Since drama frequently does without a narrator, characterization is often indirect. It takes](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image/72006c7a3a34fa3ab144aee432e4fa10/image-11.jpg)
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![Vincent van Gogh’s Night Café Vincent van Gogh’s Night Café](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image/72006c7a3a34fa3ab144aee432e4fa10/image-14.jpg)
![(Polka music sounds, in a minor key faint with distance) We danced the ”Varsouviana!” (Polka music sounds, in a minor key faint with distance) We danced the ”Varsouviana!”](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image/72006c7a3a34fa3ab144aee432e4fa10/image-15.jpg)
![Lurid reflections appear on the walls in odd, sinuous shapes. The ”Varsouviana” is filtered Lurid reflections appear on the walls in odd, sinuous shapes. The ”Varsouviana” is filtered](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image/72006c7a3a34fa3ab144aee432e4fa10/image-16.jpg)
![The music that pervades the play, stage colors, and the phantasmagoria that fills its The music that pervades the play, stage colors, and the phantasmagoria that fills its](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image/72006c7a3a34fa3ab144aee432e4fa10/image-17.jpg)
![READING DRAMA WITHIN ITS CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL CONTEXTS DAVID WATSON READING DRAMA WITHIN ITS CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL CONTEXTS DAVID WATSON](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image/72006c7a3a34fa3ab144aee432e4fa10/image-18.jpg)
![The Original Streetcar Named Desire “They told me to take a streetcar named Desire, The Original Streetcar Named Desire “They told me to take a streetcar named Desire,](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image/72006c7a3a34fa3ab144aee432e4fa10/image-19.jpg)
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![Blanche represents an older order—the agrarian South—while Stanley seems to stand for a new Blanche represents an older order—the agrarian South—while Stanley seems to stand for a new](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image/72006c7a3a34fa3ab144aee432e4fa10/image-22.jpg)
![“The South once had a way of life that I’m just old enough to “The South once had a way of life that I’m just old enough to](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image/72006c7a3a34fa3ab144aee432e4fa10/image-23.jpg)
![“Time is short and it doesn’t return again. It is slipping away while I “Time is short and it doesn’t return again. It is slipping away while I](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image/72006c7a3a34fa3ab144aee432e4fa10/image-24.jpg)
![How does Blanche respond to changes? “I don’t want realism… I want. Magic!” “I How does Blanche respond to changes? “I don’t want realism… I want. Magic!” “I](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image/72006c7a3a34fa3ab144aee432e4fa10/image-25.jpg)
![One way of making sense of the play’s plot is to view Blanche, as One way of making sense of the play’s plot is to view Blanche, as](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image/72006c7a3a34fa3ab144aee432e4fa10/image-26.jpg)
![Femininity is considered abnormal and threatening by Stanley, and his violent outbursts are gendered. Femininity is considered abnormal and threatening by Stanley, and his violent outbursts are gendered.](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image/72006c7a3a34fa3ab144aee432e4fa10/image-27.jpg)
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![Reading Drama Tennessee Williams A Streetcar Named Desire David Watson Reading Drama: Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire David Watson](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image/72006c7a3a34fa3ab144aee432e4fa10/image-1.jpg)
Reading Drama: Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire David Watson
![A play is written to be performed A play is written to be performed.](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image/72006c7a3a34fa3ab144aee432e4fa10/image-2.jpg)
A play is written to be performed.
![Which of the following is the real A Streetcar Named Desire Which of the following is the real A Streetcar Named Desire?](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image/72006c7a3a34fa3ab144aee432e4fa10/image-3.jpg)
Which of the following is the real A Streetcar Named Desire?
![A Streetcar Named Desire film poster A Streetcar Named Desire film poster](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image/72006c7a3a34fa3ab144aee432e4fa10/image-4.jpg)
A Streetcar Named Desire film poster
![A Streetcar Named Marge 1992 A Streetcar Named Marge (1992)](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image/72006c7a3a34fa3ab144aee432e4fa10/image-5.jpg)
A Streetcar Named Marge (1992)
![Ingmar Bergmans A Streetcar Named Desire Ingmar Bergman’s A Streetcar Named Desire](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image/72006c7a3a34fa3ab144aee432e4fa10/image-6.jpg)
Ingmar Bergman’s A Streetcar Named Desire
![Set of A Streetcar Named Desire opera composed by André Previn Set of A Streetcar Named Desire (opera), composed by André Previn](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image/72006c7a3a34fa3ab144aee432e4fa10/image-7.jpg)
Set of A Streetcar Named Desire (opera), composed by André Previn
![Cast of Belle Reprieve 1991 Cast of Belle Reprieve (1991)](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image/72006c7a3a34fa3ab144aee432e4fa10/image-8.jpg)
Cast of Belle Reprieve (1991)
![Scene from 1974 production of Streetcar with a black Stanley and white Blanche Scene from 1974 production of Streetcar with a black Stanley and white Blanche](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image/72006c7a3a34fa3ab144aee432e4fa10/image-9.jpg)
Scene from 1974 production of Streetcar with a black Stanley and white Blanche
![Elements of Drama 1 2 3 4 5 Character Plot and Structure Stage and Elements of Drama 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) Character Plot and Structure Stage and](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image/72006c7a3a34fa3ab144aee432e4fa10/image-10.jpg)
Elements of Drama 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) Character Plot and Structure Stage and Setting Tone, language, and symbol Theme
![Characterization Since drama frequently does without a narrator characterization is often indirect It takes Characterization Since drama frequently does without a narrator, characterization is often indirect. It takes](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image/72006c7a3a34fa3ab144aee432e4fa10/image-11.jpg)
Characterization Since drama frequently does without a narrator, characterization is often indirect. It takes place through stage directions, dialogue, action, setting, and symbols. Example 1: Stanley is a ”gaudy seed-bearer. ” Example 2: “I don’t want realism… I want. Magic!” How would Example 2 have been expressed in prose?
![Plot and Structure Conflict drives a plot The typical plot of drama Plot and Structure • Conflict drives a plot. • The typical plot of drama:](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image/72006c7a3a34fa3ab144aee432e4fa10/image-12.jpg)
Plot and Structure • Conflict drives a plot. • The typical plot of drama: Exposition; rising action following an inciting incident; climax; falling action and resolution; conclusion. • How does A Streetcar fit this pattern? Does it?
![Stage sets and setting Scene 3 The Poker Night There is a picture Stage, sets, and setting • Scene 3. The Poker Night There is a picture](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image/72006c7a3a34fa3ab144aee432e4fa10/image-13.jpg)
Stage, sets, and setting • Scene 3. The Poker Night There is a picture of Van Gogh’s of a billiard-parlor at night. The kitchen now suggests that sort of lurid nocturnal brilliance, the raw colors of childhood’s spectrum.
![Vincent van Goghs Night Café Vincent van Gogh’s Night Café](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image/72006c7a3a34fa3ab144aee432e4fa10/image-14.jpg)
Vincent van Gogh’s Night Café
![Polka music sounds in a minor key faint with distance We danced the Varsouviana (Polka music sounds, in a minor key faint with distance) We danced the ”Varsouviana!”](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image/72006c7a3a34fa3ab144aee432e4fa10/image-15.jpg)
(Polka music sounds, in a minor key faint with distance) We danced the ”Varsouviana!” Suddenly in the middle of the dance the boy I had married broke away from me and ran out of the casino. A few minutes later—a shot! (The polka stops abruptly. BLANCHE rises stiffly…)
![Lurid reflections appear on the walls in odd sinuous shapes The Varsouviana is filtered Lurid reflections appear on the walls in odd, sinuous shapes. The ”Varsouviana” is filtered](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image/72006c7a3a34fa3ab144aee432e4fa10/image-16.jpg)
Lurid reflections appear on the walls in odd, sinuous shapes. The ”Varsouviana” is filtered into a weird distortion, accompanied by the cries and noises of the jungle. Blanche seizes the back of a chair as if to defend herself.
![The music that pervades the play stage colors and the phantasmagoria that fills its The music that pervades the play, stage colors, and the phantasmagoria that fills its](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image/72006c7a3a34fa3ab144aee432e4fa10/image-17.jpg)
The music that pervades the play, stage colors, and the phantasmagoria that fills its final scene invite the viewer to experience the play’s performance as embodying the interior worlds of its characters. The dramatic world of the play externalizes the moods and feelings of Blanche, Stanley and the other characters.
![READING DRAMA WITHIN ITS CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL CONTEXTS DAVID WATSON READING DRAMA WITHIN ITS CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL CONTEXTS DAVID WATSON](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image/72006c7a3a34fa3ab144aee432e4fa10/image-18.jpg)
READING DRAMA WITHIN ITS CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL CONTEXTS DAVID WATSON
![The Original Streetcar Named Desire They told me to take a streetcar named Desire The Original Streetcar Named Desire “They told me to take a streetcar named Desire,](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image/72006c7a3a34fa3ab144aee432e4fa10/image-19.jpg)
The Original Streetcar Named Desire “They told me to take a streetcar named Desire, and then transfer to one called Cemeteries and ride six blocks and get off at—Elysian fields!”
![New Orleans is a cosmopolitan city where there is a relatively warm and easy New Orleans is a cosmopolitan city where there is a relatively warm and easy](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image/72006c7a3a34fa3ab144aee432e4fa10/image-20.jpg)
New Orleans is a cosmopolitan city where there is a relatively warm and easy intermingling of races in the old part of town
![Streetcar is set in the American South and takes as its historical backdrop the Streetcar is set in the American South, and takes as its historical backdrop the](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image/72006c7a3a34fa3ab144aee432e4fa10/image-21.jpg)
Streetcar is set in the American South, and takes as its historical backdrop the demise of the old agrarian South and the growth of a new urban and industrial culture.
![Blanche represents an older orderthe agrarian Southwhile Stanley seems to stand for a new Blanche represents an older order—the agrarian South—while Stanley seems to stand for a new](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image/72006c7a3a34fa3ab144aee432e4fa10/image-22.jpg)
Blanche represents an older order—the agrarian South—while Stanley seems to stand for a new urban industrialism. Stanley’s working class, immigrant ambitions for an American identity clashes with Blanche’s sense of history and place.
![The South once had a way of life that Im just old enough to “The South once had a way of life that I’m just old enough to](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image/72006c7a3a34fa3ab144aee432e4fa10/image-23.jpg)
“The South once had a way of life that I’m just old enough to remember—a culture that had grace, elegance… I write out of regret for that. ”
![Time is short and it doesnt return again It is slipping away while I “Time is short and it doesn’t return again. It is slipping away while I](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image/72006c7a3a34fa3ab144aee432e4fa10/image-24.jpg)
“Time is short and it doesn’t return again. It is slipping away while I write this and while you read it, and the monosyllable of the clock is Loss, unless you devote your heart to its opposition” ---Tennessee Williams, “On a Streetcar Named Success”
![How does Blanche respond to changes I dont want realism I want Magic I How does Blanche respond to changes? “I don’t want realism… I want. Magic!” “I](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image/72006c7a3a34fa3ab144aee432e4fa10/image-25.jpg)
How does Blanche respond to changes? “I don’t want realism… I want. Magic!” “I want to create—joie de vivre… we are going to pretend”
![One way of making sense of the plays plot is to view Blanche as One way of making sense of the play’s plot is to view Blanche, as](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image/72006c7a3a34fa3ab144aee432e4fa10/image-26.jpg)
One way of making sense of the play’s plot is to view Blanche, as Stanley does, as the feminine other who questions his marriage to Stella, increases his friend Mitch’s “unmanly sensitivity” and theatricalizes and feminizes his home. Needless to say, he responds violently to these pressures.
![Femininity is considered abnormal and threatening by Stanley and his violent outbursts are gendered Femininity is considered abnormal and threatening by Stanley, and his violent outbursts are gendered.](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image/72006c7a3a34fa3ab144aee432e4fa10/image-27.jpg)
Femininity is considered abnormal and threatening by Stanley, and his violent outbursts are gendered.
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