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Mind Map by Maria Oliver1405, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Maria Oliver1405
almost 9 years ago
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A Streetcar Names Desire:
Symbols and Imagery
- Symbolism
- Shadows/Cries
- Dramatises Blanche's final breakdown/departure
from reality in face of Stanley physical threat
- Dramatises Blanche's final breakdown/departure
from reality in face of Stanley physical threat
- Music
- Varsouviana Polka
- Tragedy of Blanches past (Allan)
- Moment it evokes represents Blanche's loss of innocence
- Moment it evokes represents Blanche's loss of innocence
- Only Blanche can hear
- Drives her to distraction
- Heard whenever she panics/loses grip on reality
- Drives her to distraction
- Tragedy of Blanches past (Allan)
- Blue Piano
- Callous vitality of Vieux Carré of New Orleans
- "expresses spirit of the live that goes on there"
- "expresses spirit of the live that goes on there"
- Stands for
depression,
loneliness and B
longing for love
- Callous vitality of Vieux Carré of New Orleans
- Varsouviana Polka
- "Paper Moon" song
- Lyrics about lovers losing their imagined
reality similar to Blanche fibbing herself
into imaginary world
- Lyrics about lovers losing their imagined
reality similar to Blanche fibbing herself
into imaginary world
- Meat
- Stanley: Scene 1 throws meat
to Stella-stating sexual
propriortership her has over
her
- Stanley: Scene 1 throws meat
to Stella-stating sexual
propriortership her has over
her
- Chinese Lantern
- Blanche's longing for 'magic'/ dressing up of ugly reality p72
- Magic represents life as it ought to be
- Magic represents life as it ought to be
- Made of paper-like
Blanche's illusions it can
easily be destroyed
- Blanche's longing for 'magic'/ dressing up of ugly reality p72
- Shadows/Cries
- Motifs
- Light
- Reality of Blanche's past/fading beauty
- Scene 6: "lets leave the lights off"
(to Mitch) doesn't want future
husband to see her ageing features
- Love
- "it was like you
suddenly turned a
blinding light on
something that had
always been half in
shadow" Description of
love for Allan
- Light used to represent love for
B but now it's destructive-Allan's suicide erased light of love
- Light used to represent love for
B but now it's destructive-Allan's suicide erased light of love
- "it was like you
suddenly turned a
blinding light on
something that had
always been half in
shadow" Description of
love for Allan
- Escape of reality
- "electric bulbs go on and you see too plainly"
- "electric bulbs go on and you see too plainly"
- Stanley: light shows things for what they
are/affection for reality
- Reality of Blanche's past/fading beauty
- Drunkeness
- Blanche: anti-social/ secretive, attempt to withdraw from harsh reality
- Stanley: Social drinker-poker game, birth of child, Blanche birthday
- Blanche and Stanley: leads to destructive behaviour
- Stanley: commits domestic
violence yet able to rebound from
drunken escapades
- Blanche: deludes herself, alcohol augments gradual
departure from sanity
- Stanley: commits domestic
violence yet able to rebound from
drunken escapades
- Blanche: anti-social/ secretive, attempt to withdraw from harsh reality
- Bathing
- Cleansing ritual
- Cleansing ritual
- Light
- Imagery
- Moth
- Blanche's fragility
- Represents attempt to recreate herself/
spring forth a new person from cocoon
of lies
- Represents attempt to recreate herself/
spring forth a new person from cocoon
of lies
- Lives during the
night-creature of darkness
- Blanche's fragility
- Colours
- Stanley/Males dress in bright colour: "gaudy"
- Scene 1: wearing blue
denim work clothes-blue
represents
truth/strength/masculinity
- Williams refers to
primary colours worn in
context of
masculinity/represents
their behaviour
- Variety of colour
reflects diversity of
New World
- Scene 1: wearing blue
denim work clothes-blue
represents
truth/strength/masculinity
- Stanley/Males dress in bright colour: "gaudy"
- Streetcar and Traintracks
- Blanche headlong descent into disaster
- Scene 4,6,10 rush of locomotive
symbol of relentless fate
- Scene 4,6,10 rush of locomotive
symbol of relentless fate
- Euphemism for sex in Scene 4
- Blanche headlong descent into disaster
- Stanley the Ape
- Moth
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